MAKE SURE THAT YOUR COMPANY IS NOT STOLEN!

Everyone knows how ordinary theft (for example, shoplifting) occurs.     However, how does one steal a company? Company theft is when a fraudster, on the basis of forged documents, files an application for entry of a change in the register of entrepreneurs (usually regarding the persons authorized to represent the company) and then takes over the right to represent the company without the knowledge of the administrators and shareholders. The court clerks who make the entry are not going to analyze each application to see if, for example, the signature has been forged because they have absolutely no tools for...

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WE HAVE FINALLY LIVED TO SEE THE REGULATION OF REMOTE WORK IN THE LABOR CODE. THE AMENDMENT SHOULD BE ADOPTED AS EARLY AS THIS FALL.

The main effect of the new law for employers is the obligation to introduce remote work regulations. It is a good idea to start preparing remote work regulations now, without waiting until it becomes mandatory. This will be useful for the employer, protecting him from various risks arising from remote work. The regulations should specify the group or groups of employees who may perform the work remotely. Here you should diligently consider the criteria for selecting such group or groups. The criteria must not be discriminatory. For example, in our opinion, the criterion of length of employment, or the criterion...

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ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Although additional contributions (dopłaty) to the capital of limited liability company can be a very useful solution, despite the fact they they are rarely taken into consideration. Loands from the sahreholder are A popular way to finance a company. This has certain advantages in Polish companies – no tax on civil law transactions and the option of transfering money from the company through interest (which is beneficial tax-wise, subject to the restrictions under the provisions regarding the so-called thin capitalization). However, a loan only helps with cash-flow problems (lack of cash in the company). Still, it does not improve the...

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SIMPLE JOINT-STOCK COMPANY

Recently, the President of Poland signed a law According to law recently signed by the President, a new legal form will be introduced into Polish law – a “simple joint-stock company” “Prosta Spółka Akcyjna – “P.S.A.”). Work on the project lasted long – and for our office it is particularly important that he participated (as a member of a team of several members) JWMS, a legal adviser to Marcin Mazgaj, PhD, attorney-at-law and partner at JWMS was one of the members of the team that drafted the new regulation. The Act enters into force next year – on March 1st,...

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