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The Round Table on Digitalization of SMEs was held on 13 July 2021. The event, organized by the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers, was attended by twenty representatives of state administration and leading experts from business and academia. In the open debate, they discussed how to best support SME companies in order to increase their digital resilience…
Commentary of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers regarding the proposal to tighten the ban on Sunday trade
On 1st March 2008, restrictions on Sunday trade were enforced in Poland, which over time evolved into an almost complete ban. The authors of the act which made this solution law had two main goals in mind: to improve the situation of employees in the retail sector, and to boost the competitive position of small stores against larger chains…
Position of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers on the assumptions for the draft state budget for 2022
The forecast of the most important macroeconomic indicators included in the “Assumptions to the state budget for 2022” is definitely more conservative than the values presented in forecasts of other institutions. This allows for a more conservative forecast of budget revenues and expenditures for the next year, while slightly distorting the overall picture of the forecast of the economic situation in Poland…
ZPP Report: Proposals of measures to end the abuse of pre-trial detention in Poland
In many countries, including Poland, the abuse of pre-trial detention is a severe problem. At any given moment, over 3 million people are held in pre-trial detention centres around the world. Disgracefully, in terms of the number of pre-trial detainees, Poland is among the leaders of this ranking. Per 100,000 citizens, there are 195 pre-trial detainees in Poland, while the EU average amounts to approximately 100. At the same time, there are three times as many people detained on a pre-trial basis in Poland than in Sweden, Finland or the Netherlands…
