Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk announced that in the last week of April she will present the most important conclusions from the analyses regarding the shortening of the working week.
Dziemianowicz-Bąk said on Thursday on Polsat News that the first stage of analyses of the shortened workweek has been completed and these analyses will be continued. She announced that the Ministry of Labor will present the most important conclusions from these analyses in the last week of April. “We will then say what's next,” she added.
According to Dziemianowicz-Bąk, these analyses are very promising. “The most basic conclusions are that this is an expected solution, that it must and will be based on maintaining the same level of remuneration . This means a shorter working week – yes, but with the same remuneration,” said Dziemianowicz-Bąk. She added that the third conclusion is that solutions must be “tailor-made”. “Probably different for the industrial sector, different for creative or office workers, because one solution does not always fit all,” she noted.
On Thursday, “DGP” recalled that research and conceptual work on shortening the working week had been ongoing at MRPiPS since last year. The MRPiPS press office in its response to “DGP” noted that the conclusions from the analyses were promising.
“However, we already know today that the reduction in working hours will have to be spread over time and gradual, and the solutions must be tailored to specific social groups,” it was emphasized.
“DPG” reminded that although there is currently no legal basis in Poland to introduce a four-day work week at the national level, companies have such an opportunity as part of an agreement with employees. The analyses indicated, with reference to Eurostat data, that Poland is among the EU countries with the longest working hours. The actual weekly working time is 39.3 hours, while the EU average is 36.1 hours. According to the Labor Code, working time cannot exceed eight hours per day and an average of 40 hours in an average five-day working week in the adopted settlement period not exceeding four months. (PAP)
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