The Right Focus

5/2025
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The new May edition of our newsletter is now online! What have we got in store for you this time?

  • ESG: Revolution in EU approach: Joanna Barbrich writes about how the European Commission is simplifying ESG requirements, giving companies a long-awaited and significant financial break – which could be up to EUR 6.3 billion annually!
  • Tax: Agata Dziwisz-Moshe analyses the new MDR tax scheme reporting rules, which will overhaul the entire system. The Head of our Tax Practice also reminds us about the upcoming event where she will comprehensively analyse all the announced changes to the General Tax Code
  • Family foundations: Mirosław Malczeski advises how to protect your family assets from ‘black sheep’
  • Pharmaceutical law: Katarzyna Sabiłło examines what the European pharmaceutical industry should prepare for
  • Labour law: Urszula Wójcik summarises the latest changes to the Labour Code and their key consequences for employers

Sounds interesting? Read about all the above in the latest edition of #TheRightFocus.

Act Amending the Labour Code or Poland’s response to the Equal Pay Directive

On 3 April 2025, a new draft Act Amending the Labour Code appeared on the website of the Sejm. Prepared by the Extraordinary Committee for Codification Amendments, it differs significantly from the original parliamentary draft implementing the Directive (print no. 934), the first reading of which took place on 6 February 2025. On 9 May 2025, the Sejm adopted the bill without amendments.

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How a family foundation can protect itself from ‘black sheep’

Every family may unfortunately have members who can be confrontational, aggressive and uncooperative, who are in addition convinced that they are always right and that the world is always against them. They can create chaos and confusion, are a source of constant conflict or simply do not fit into the overall harmony. Sometimes we call them ‘black sheep’ because they cause difficult situations, place stress on relations or fail to meet expectations.

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Key changes in tax scheme reporting (MDR)

The significant changes in the tax environment and the growing expectations for fiscal transparency have prompted the legislature to streamline the existing provisions on the system for reporting tax schemes (MDR), thereby eliminating some procedural ambiguities. According to ministerial announcements, the main aim of the amendments is to improve the readability, clarity and consistency of the reporting system and more closely align it with that in force in the wider EU.

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