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Employment of third-country nationals and the role of temporary agencies in the Polish transport sector

27 Mar 2021

The in Poland’s road haulage sector in the context legislative review included regulations on work of broader employment tendencies in the and residence permits, business trips, as well as sector? new regulations foreseen within the Mobility › What are the legal procedures allowing third- Package, including the revision of the posting of country nationals to stay and work in Poland workers regulat. [...] The numbers of simplified state- The above data on the number of work permits and ments increased by 73 times between 2009 and simplified statements issued in the road transport 2019 with the number of work permits going up 27 sector indicate a significant and growing share Table 5: Work permits and statements on entrusting work to a foreigner in the transport and logistics sector in the period 20. [...] Prosecuting such companies is extremely agencies, the cars difficult due to the lack of domicile in the country, are leased and the The situation of drivers is even worse when and the employees are not citizens of the country transport activity dishonest agencies cooperate with dishonest in which the control is carried out. [...] The team is could not agree on Poland to formulate its position for the purposes not active in discussing domestic issues in the the most urgent of negotiations conducted by the Polish govern- sector, including issues relating to third-country topics, e.g., the ment in the institutions of the European Union. [...] The latter depends on the rates applicable practices constitute a profound departure from in the country where the driver is currently staying the principles governing the determination of the and the number of travel days.
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