Clients of our PRWT accounting office ask whether, in connection with the new regulations, it is necessary to make changes to the documents on the basis of which employees currently work remotely.

Until the regulation of remote work in the Labor Code, employees performed remote work on the basis of the provisions of the Act of March 2, 2020 on special solutions related to the prevention, counteraction and combating of COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them (these provisions were repealed) or on the basis of the provisions on telework (the possibility to perform remote work in this form is possible for 6 months from the entry into force of the solutions regarding remote work contained in the Labor Code).

New regulations in the field of remote work impose a number of obligations and requirements for the possibility of working remotely. The above means the need to adapt or change the documents on the basis of which employees provide remote work to the new requirements. For this purpose, appropriate documentation should be prepared both for employees who have previously performed remote work, regardless of its basis, and for employees who will perform remote work after the entry into force of the new legal regulations.