Employers talked about obstacles to the development of companies

Chief Labour Inspector Bożena Borys-Szopa, accompanied by the Chairman of Labour Protection Council, MP Stanisław Szwed and Deputy Chief Labour Inspector Anna Tomczyk, took part in the 1st Congress of Employers held in Warsaw on 17 January 2008.

Such a large meeting of representatives of business circles has taken place for the first time ever. Its objective was to develop a common position on modernisation of the Polish economy and the development of our country. The Congress was organized by six organizations: Polish Confederation of Private Employers “Lewiatan”, Confederation of Polish Employers, Polish Business Roundtable, Polish Craft Association, American Chamber of Commerce in Poland, and Polish-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Together they represent about 43 thousand companies that employ 3.5 million employees – more than half of the total working population in establishments.

The Congress inauguration ceremony was attended by the Prime Minister Donald Tusk. He announced the government’s efforts to improve the image of entrepreneurs and the introduction of measures in order to facilitate economic activity. The Congress resulted in signing of a special declaration in which employers demand amendments to legal provisions and – as they wrote – “to be treated by public institutions like all other citizens”.