Published: 2020-02-03

Poland’s National Labour Inspectorate and its Work for the Protection of Employees’ Life and Health

Monika Gładoch
Zeszyty Prawnicze
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2019.19.4.02

Abstract

The Polish state institution Państwowa Inspekcja Pracy (the National Labour Inspectorate) conducts supervisory operations which should be consistent with the purposes for which it has been founded. One of the state’s constitutional tasks is to supervise working conditions. The Inspectorate plays an important role in this area. A definition of the Inspectorate’s main powers to inspect workplaces is provided in the ILO’s Convention 81. New tasks added to the Inspectorate’s duties should not impede the performance of the main purposes for which it was founded. Unfortunately, for years we have been observing a tendency to encumber the Inspectorate with more and more new duties, which may have a detrimental effect on the work it is doing for the inspection of working conditions in Poland.

Keywords:

National Labour Inspectorate; labour protection; labour law; the Polish Constitution; ILO Convention 81.

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Gładoch, M. (2020). Poland’s National Labour Inspectorate and its Work for the Protection of Employees’ Life and Health. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 19(4), 51–64. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2019.19.4.02

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