The government accepts mandate contracts. “Business will go down”

Is it a good idea to tax every contract? “The Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy has already prepared a project providing contributions to all civil law contracts, which has just been discussed at the Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers,” reports Agencja Praktyce.pl

The Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy has already completed work on the project of adding to all civil law contracts, including contracts for specific work. In fact, the changes relate to two acts, ie the Act on the social insurance system and the Act on social insurance in relation to accidents at work and occupational diseases. The projects have just been approved by the Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers (KERM). As a result of the change to the law all order contracts and contracts for special work will be covered by compulsory social insurance, ie retirement, disability, sickness and accident insurance.. The exception is those made by high school students or students under 26 years of age. In the case of contracts for specific work, sickness insurance will not be necessary.

The changes will affect at least 2.3 million people who carry out work on the basis of mandate contracts and related contracts, including 330,000. freelancers, working mainly on the basis of contracts for specific work, as well as more than 2.6 million small and medium-sized companies that mainly use the services of freelancers..

Effect of insurance contracts

The Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy supports the full fees of all contracts. It talks about protecting contractors and contractors against future shortages or low pensions or lack of health care coverage.

According to research by Useme.com, the leader in arranging remote work in Poland and CEE, which has been surveying freelancers every year for almost ten years, the majority some of them (59.9%) earn extra money.

Freelance work in Poland is especially an additional source of employment for specialists, as most of them are already employed under an employment contract. This means that all fees and contributions have already been paid. Therefore, by adding to all contracts we will continue to pay contributions several times, ie reduce the salary of freelancers by 28%, without clear benefits in return. Since health insurance premiums are paid several times a month, there is not enough healthcare for freelancers – summarizes Przemysław Głości, president of the Useme.com management board .

We also cannot forget that 2/3 of freelancers in Poland earn extra money by doing small jobs up to PLN 3,000. PLN per month (almost 40% of freelancers receive up to PLN 1,000 per month, and 27.7% of freelancers earn between PLN 1,000 and PLN 3,000) and since they work mainly for micro companies and small and medium enterprises that have finance. The situation has deteriorated significantly in the last 2-3 years.

Employers are concerned about further increases in the costs of working with individuals. When introducing new costs, there is no debate about reducing the current burden on employers and employees. The proposed solution may have more negative effects than benefits. It will reduce the already very low labor supply. The situation will be worse for the most active people who take advantage of the opportunity to make additional, often small, orders. It will also make the situation of people who earn extra money while caring for children worse (eg parental leave). In addition, it can lead to an increase in unregistered contracts. – warns Robert Lisicki, director of the Lewiatan Confederation’s labor department.

Outcomes

As a result of the proposed fee for all contracts, the income of freelancers will be reduced by almost 1/3, or if companies were to bear all the costs for contract grants, the costs of these contracts would be as much as 40%. .

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