POLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Magdalena Zwolińska, Aleksander Płaza, Sylwia Miros and Karolina Rogatko, HRLS Zwolińska & Zwoliński
HRLS Zwolińska & Zwoliński is an employment law firm specialising exclusively in labour and employ - ment matters. The firm provides strategic advice to leading Polish and international employers on their most complex workforce and industrial relations challenges. Drawing on extensive multi-sector ex - pertise, HRLS combines legal knowledge with an in- depth understanding of Poland’s regulatory environ - ment and industrial relations landscape. This enables the team to deliver tailored solutions in collective bar -
gaining, trade union negotiations, workforce restruc - turing, compliance and employment litigation. The firm is also known for supporting clients in projects of nationwide importance, where labour relations carry significant legal and reputational implications. Led by partner Magdalena Zwolińska – recognised as one of Poland’s foremost experts in trade union advisory – the firm is uniquely positioned to guide cli - ents through the most sensitive and high-risk labour law challenges.
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Magdalena Zwolińska has accumulated over 15 years of experience in HR law, honed through positions at esteemed labour law
industrial disputes. Additionally, he provides counsel on individual labour law matters, such as non- competition issues, protection of employer confidential information, anti-mobbing proceedings, and employee postings within the European Union.
boutiques and international law firms. She specialises in collective labour law, particularly in devising strategies for fostering relationships with trade unions. Serving as an adviser to managements in Polish and international corporations, she offers guidance on collaboration with trade unions. She actively engages in wage negotiations and the negotiation of company collective bargaining agreements. Additionally, she provides counsel on collective disputes and lay-offs, oversees workplace restructuring and reorganisation, and conducts internal investigations. Magdalena is a seasoned trial attorney, adept at representing employers in disputes with former employees, as well as in criminal and misdemeanour proceedings related to charges of obstructing union activities.
Sylwia Miros provides clients with ongoing legal support in all aspects of broadly defined employment, particularly by preparing documents related to the conclusion and termination of employment contracts
and civil law contracts, drafting internal regulations and policies, and providing ready-to-implement solutions to problems encountered by HR departments in their daily work. She specialises in issues related to workplace bullying, drawing from her experience in conducting investigations with employers and preparing final reports. Furthermore, she supports employers in implementing measures to counter bullying, and conducts training in this area.
Aleksander Płaza specialises in collective labour law, with a particular focus on bargaining and collective disputes between employers and trade unions, as well as cross-border posting of employees or the transfer
Karolina Rogatko advises employers on both individual and collective labour law matters, with a particular focus on shaping and managing relationships with trade unions. She supports clients in resolving collective
of an establishment to another employer. He has extensive experience advising employers on broad employer-union relations, including complex processes involving negotiation of wage agreements, changes to collective bargaining agreements, collective dismissals, or resolution of
disputes and managing group redundancies, and represents them in court proceedings concerning the legal status and headcount of trade union organisations. She also assists clients in conducting internal investigations and represents them in litigation related to mobbing, discrimination,
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