Steps to introducing remote work in Poland

  1. Concluding an agreement with trade unions (only if trade unions exist), then issuing company regulation specifying the rules for remote work (including the rules for covering costs, rules for controlling the performance of work, or health and safety conditions).
  2. If such documents have not been accepted, the employer defines the rules for remote work in an individual agreement or concluded with the employee.
  1. Description of an occupational risk assessment for remote work and creating information for employees based on the results of this assessment.
  2. Define data protection procedures for remote work.
  3. Agreeing with the employee to perform remote work.
  4. Providing the employee with information created on the basis of the occupational risk assessment and before allowing him to perform remote work, receiving statements from him that:
  5. employee has read the employer’s occupational risk assessment and information containing the rules of safe and hygienic remote work and undertakes to comply with them.
  6. safe and hygienic working conditions are provided at the remote workplace in a location indicated by the employee and agreed upon with the employer.
  7. Receiving a statement from the employee about having read the personal data protection procedures.
  8. Exchange of information necessary for communication by means of remote communication or in another way agreed with the employer.
  9. No later than on the day of starting remote work, the employer shall provide the employee with information indicating:
  10. the organizational unit of the employer in which structure the position of the employee performing remote work is located
  11. persons or authority responsible for cooperation with the employee performing remote work and authorized to carry out inspections at the place of remote work.

All information from the employer and employee’s statements, applications from the employee can be in paper or electronic form.

In addition, remote work can be performed exceptionally at the employer’s request, as well as occasionally.

Recent Posts

Transfer Pricing in Poland: A Guide for Businesses - Leinonen Poland
6 days ago

Transfer Pricing in Poland: A Guide for Businesses

If a Polish business trades with a parent company, sister company or another related party, it must be able to demonstrate that the terms are…

Continue reading
Polish tax changes in 2026 - Leinonen Poland
September 8, 2026

Polish tax changes in 2026: what businesses should focus on now

Poland is already well into one of the most important stages of tax digitalisation. By September 2026, some of the long-discussed changes have moved from…

Continue reading
Central Register of Beneficial Owners in Poland - Leinonen Poland
September 7, 2026

Central Register of Beneficial Owners in Poland: CRBR Reporting Obligations

UBO Register in Poland Polish companies and certain other entities are required to report information on their ultimate beneficial owners to the Central Register of…

Continue reading