The Constitution not only establishes the necessity of a civil service in Poland but also defines its purpose. It also emphasizes its importance for the proper functioning of the state. The adopted regulation has far-reaching conse­quences, in particular forcing the legislature to introduce solutions that will enable the implementation of the gener­al provisions of the Constitution in the practical operation of the civil service. This article presents critical observa­tions regarding the current legal status resulting from the Civil Service Act, with particular emphasis on solutions that cannot be considered anything other than unconstitu­tional. The author also proposes actions that could change this undesirable state of affairs.

This article presents selected proposals contained in the draft law on collective bargaining and collective agreements. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the solutions proposed by the legislator and to critically analyse them. The sphere related to the functioning of the collective bargaining method in Poland is rightly assessed negatively, hence the need for changes in this area. Conducting the analysis already at the stage of drafting works may become an impulse for a broader scientific discussion and at the same time provides an opportunity to potentially take into account the comments made by the doctrine.

The constitution determines the special importance of the civil service for the functioning of the state. More precisely, the legislator defined the goals and tasks of the civil service corps, based on the correct assumption that the quality of the functioning of any organization (including the state) is largely determined by its cadres. Undoubtedly, one of the elements determining their quality are the broadly understood employment conditions, which, on the one hand, may determine the attractiveness of taking up a given job, and, on the other hand, enable employing and retaining the best people. The article focuses on one of the elements of shaping the terms of employment in the civil service, i.e. temporary employment, and the aim is to analyze whether the current statutory provisions effectively implement the assumptions of the constitution.

The labour market is currently undergoing far-reaching changes in its structure. The trends of moving away from employee employment to other legal bases of performing work are becoming stronger. First of all, statistical data show an increase in the number of civil law contracts and self-employment. This state is definitely different from that which existed when Polish labour law was codified. Therefore, the question should be asked whether constructions that have their roots often back in the 1970s still meet their axiological assumptions. On the example of the analysis of the structure of seniority, how this concept is usually understood under the provisions of labour law and how the seniority affects the situation of employees, one can put forward the thesis that the legislator should begin to react more strongly to the current socioeconomic reality. Alternatively, he should take effective steps to shape it in the desired manner.

One of the areas that have changed as a result of the amendment of the Trade Union Act at the beginning of this year is the issue of the employer's obligation to provide certain information to the trade union. Due to the fact that this obligation is an element of the implementation of the constitutional principle of social partners' dialogue, it should be assessed as having significant axiological significance, and at the same time it is impossible not to notice its huge practical significance in order to enable the trade union representation at company level to perform properly. The article presents comments on the overall structure of this obligation, with particular emphasis on the importance of art. 28 of the Trade Union Act, as well as the conclusions and proposal de lege ferenda.