Social dialogue – key to development – Questions & Answers

1. What is social dialogue?
2. What are the forms of social dialogue?
3. What is the Social Dialogue Council?
4. What rights do employees and employers have in the Social Dialogue Council?
5. What are the rules for social dialogue on regional level?
6. For what purpose are Tripartite Industry Teams appointed?
7. What are examples of functioning Tripartite Industry Teams?
8. What were the beginnings of bilateral dialogue in Poland?
9. Is collective barganing agreement a form of social dialogue?
10. What is the relationship between the company and multi-company collective bargaining agreement?
11. What is European Social Dialogue?
12. What is an International Labor Organization?
13. What are the bodies of the International Labor Organization?
14. What was the ILO World Summit about in July this year – COVID-19 and the world of work?
15. How has (bipartite) social dialogue developed at European Union level?
16. What is the European Trade Union Confederation?
17. What is the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)?
18. What was the statement of the European social partners of the ETUC, BusinessEurope, CEEP, SME united on the COVID-19 crisis?
19. What was the focus of the meeting of the Problem Team of the Social Dialogue Council for European funds on July 21 this year?
20. What was the Pomeranian Provincial Council for Social Dialogue meeting in May this year about?
21. What is the International Trade Union Confederation?
22. What were the main conclusions of the Tripartite Social Summit on June 23, 2020?
23. What new regulations have been introduced regarding the rights of posted workers in Poland?
24. What was the meeting of the Task Force for Public Services of the Social Dialogue Council on July 21, 2020 devoted to?
25. What was the plenary session of the Social Dialogue Council on August 13, 2020?
26. What agreement was signed by the social partners on June 8, 2020?
27. What was the meeting of the Pomeranian Provincial Council for Social Dialogue in June this year about?
28. What is Fellesforbundet?
29. What are the benefits of collective bargaining agreements in Norway?
30. What is the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) education fund?
31. What was the agreement between the representatives of the construction industry signed in Norway in 2019?
32. What are the Norwegian pay and working conditions?
33. What are the Norwegian pay and working conditions?
34. What are the requirements for the payment of wages and working hours in Norway?
35. What was the meeting of the Team for Budget, Remuneration and Social Benefits on 04/09/2020 about?
36. What are the demands of the Amazon trade union?
37. What was the meeting of the Social Insurance Team of the Social Dialogue Council about in September this year about?
38. What was the survey of entrepreneurs about their experiences during the pandemic?
39. What was the meeting of the Pomeranian Provincial Council for Social Dialogue in June this year about?
40. What is the composition of works councils?
41. What are the tasks of works councils?
42. What are the news related to the Social Dialogue Council?
43. What was the subject of the October plenary session of the Social Dialogue Council?
44. What is the Anti-Crisis Industry Shield?
45. What were the beginnings of social dialogue in Norway?
46. What are the levels of collective bargaining in Norway?
47. What were the results of the Randstad Labor Market Monitor survey conducted in the first quarter of 2020?
48. What are the conclusions of the report published by SMEunited on the involvement of SMEs in the management of cohesion policy funds and investments for the period 2021-2027?
49. What are the social partners of the Social Dialogue Council asking for?
50. When is the International Mediation Day celebrated?
51. What was the subject of 340 sessions of the Governing Body of the International Labor Office?
52. What is the Governing Body of the International Labor Organization?
53. What was discussed at the plenary session of the Social Dialogue Council on November 19, 2020?
54. Can I perform remote work in quarantine?
55. What does the Eurofound Foundation do?
56. What are the conclusions of the published in September this year. by Eurofound report on building the capacity of effective social dialogue in the European Union countries?
57. What was the topic of the September meeting of the Provincial Council for Social Dialogue in Gdańsk?
58. What is the Norwegian AFP pension scheme?
59. What are the conditions for acquiring AFP rights?
60. What is Lofavor in Norway?
61. What was discussed in plenary session of the Social Dialogue Council on 17  December  2020
62. What support is provided for NGOs in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic?
63. What are the rights, obligations and benefits in the event of quarantine and employee isolation?
64. What was the subject of an expert meeting within the Employment Committee on 8 December?
65. What is the European Semester?
66. What is the National Reform Programme?
67. How much will the night work allowance be in 2021?
68. What support is provided under the PFR 2.0 Shield for small and medium-sized enterprises?
69. What are the conclusions of the International Labour Organisation’s report on the global wages in 2020.
70. What was the subject of the RDS Economic and Labour Market Problem Team meeting on 10 December 2020?
71. What is whistleblowing?
72. Who can resign from establishing the Company Social Benefit Fund in 2021?
73. What are the benefits for plasma donation?
74. Can an employer introduce a transparent remuneration system?
75. Which organisation became a member of the Social Dialogue Council in 2021?
76. What was the theme of the Social Dialogue Development Team meeting in January?
77. What does the Top Employers Institute do?
78. What is the Business Response Forum (FOB)?
79. What is the Benefactor of the Year competition?
80. What is Solidaritet?
81. What was the subject of the Social Dialogue Council meeting in February 2021?
82. Remote work and the risk of discrimination against workers?
83. Do employers have the right to provide data on health of employees to the contracting authority?
84. What are the conclusions of the report prepared by CSR Europe as part of the „Upskill 4 Future” project?
85. What is employee volunteering?
86. What is the Social Reports competition?
87. What is bullying and how can it be recognized?
88. What are the entrepreneurship council’s recommendations on the minimum wage?
89. What is the National Recovery Plan?
90. What was the Meeting of the Social Security Council’s Problem Team in February?
91. What was the subject of the Social Dialogue Council meeting in March 2021?
92. What follows from the report „Barometer manpowergroup employment prospects”, prepared by ManpowerGroup?
93. What is the opinion of the SME Ombudsman on the proposed amendments to the Social Security Act?
94. What is social security in other Member States of the Union?
95. What is stand-alone dialogue?
96. What are the conclusions of the debate organised by the Social Dialogue Committee of the National Chamber of Commerce in March this year?
97. What should I know about collective agreements in Germany and the Netherlands?
98. What is the 2050 Vision presented by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)?
99. What was the subject of the Plenary Meeting of the Labour Protection Council on 18 March 2021?
100. What is readiness for work?
101. What was the subject of the Social Dialogue Council meeting in April 2021?
102. How much is the Company Social Benefits Fund in 2021?
103. What is the „Ten of the spokesman for SME’s”?  
104. What is diversity in the workplace?
105. What are the benefits of managing the variety in your company?
106. What are the findings of the „CSR Managers” study?
107. What is the purpose of the campaign “niezwalniam.pl*” (*i’m not firing) ?
108. What is included in the draft amendments to the Code of Work on Remote Work?
109. What was the subject of the April Labour Council meeting?
110. What is tolerance for uncertainty in the workplace?
111. What was the theme of the Social Dialogue Council Meeting in May 2021?
112. What is the Social Committee and what are the powers in the workplace?
113. How do I apply lean management in the office?
114. What tools are useful in improving office work according to lean  management?
115. What is the „Staff-friendly Employment Agency” certification  Programme?
116. What is the role of the European Union’s decentralized agencies?
117. What is the position of the union headquarters on wage increases in 2022?
118. What is the opinion of the Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers on the Polish Order in the context of the Communication from the European Commission on tax simplification?
119. What was the subject of the Labour Protection Council meeting in May this year?
120. What are some examples of non-wage employee benefits?
121. What was the subject of the Social Dialogue Council meeting in June 2021?
122. What was the 109th session of the International Labor Conference about?
123. When is trade union protection not applied?
124. How does work-life balance affect employee productivity?
125. To what extent is the business ready for the work-life balance directive?
126. What is the situation on the labor market during the Covid-19 pandemic?
127. What actions does the Ombudsman for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises take to protect against unjustified rejection of applications for support for industries affected by the Covid-19 epidemic?
128. What topics were discussed at the meetings of the Senate Team for Sustainable Development on June 23, 2021?
129. What does the Team for Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility do?
130. How to create regulations of the Company Social Benefits Fund in a company?
131. What was the subject of the Social Dialogue Council meeting in July 2021?
132. What is the position of the trade union headquarters on the assumptions of the draft state budget?
133. What is the suspension of obligations of the parties to an employment relationship in Norway?
134. What are the rules for terminating employment contracts in Norway?
135. What is the position of the Labor Protection Council on the personnel policy of the National Labor Inspectorate?
136. What is Diversity IN Check?
137. What, according to experts, are the main concerns of employees?
138. What are the conclusions of the 44th edition of the Labor Market Monitor?
139. What is the opinion of the LEWIATAN Confederation on the 2040 demographic strategy?
140. What is the Information Campaign for Seasonal Workers in the EU?
141. What was the subject of the Social Dialogue Council meeting in August 2021?
142. What is „work without end”?
143. How to understand the HR Compliance area?
144. What is a sustainable office?
145. What are the conditions of an employment contract in Norway?
146. What are the rules on holiday benefits in Norway?
147. What is the concept of a circular economy?
148. What are the conclusions of the Deloitte Central Europe Private Equity Confidence Survey?
149. How to manage diversity in times of crisis?
150. How to care for small company employer branding?
151. What was the subject of the Social Dialogue Council meeting in September 2021?
152. What is the „Sectoral Agreement for the Development of Offshore Wind Energy in Poland”?
153. What are the results of the Candidate Pulse study on mental health of Polish employees and well-being at work?
154. How to effectively attract new talents?
155. What is the position of the SME spokesman on the proposed changes to the health insurance contribution?
156. What are the rules in Norway regarding accident and sickness benefits?
157. What are the good and bad habits of remote workers?
158. Can the employer apply less favourable terms of employment?
159. What does the study of the Polish e-commerce market show?
160. What are the modern forms of employment?
161. What was the subject of the Social Dialogue Council meeting in October 2021?
162. What is multitasking?
163. What is Green HRM?
164. What is the role of the OECD organization?
165. What are the tasks of the OECD National Contact Point (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)?
166. How does business counteract the problem of food waste?
167. How is corporate philanthropy in Poland?
168. How does employee rotation affect the selection of benefits by employers?
169. How do companies report climate and human rights information?
170. What is a sponsorship allowance (for CSR)?
171. What was the subject of the Meeting of the  Social Dialogue Development Team in November 2021?
172. What is the hybrid work model?
173. How to improve the well-being of employees?
174. What are the methods of evaluating employees?
175. How should an employer follow the basic principles of work life balance?
176. What are GRI (Sustainability Reporting Guidelines)?
177. What is the AA1000 standard?
178. What is sustainability?
179. What are the guidelines for managers regarding social dialogue?
180. How are the training rights of an employee entitled to improve qualifications on the initiative of the employer?
181. What was the subject of the December 2021 meetingof the Social Dialogue Council?
182. What is the Farm to Fork Strategy?
183. What is the Just Transition Mechanism?
184. What are the conclusions of the latest edition of the survey „CSR in practice – CCIFP Barometer”?
185. What are the prospects for the development of the green bond market in Poland?
186. What topics were raised at the conference „The Future of Collective Bargaining”?
187. What obligations does the draft law on whistleblowers impose on the employer?
188. How to increase the share of women in managerial positions in Poland?
189. How to fight the wage gap in Poland?
190. How to create an effective negotiating team?
191. What was the subject of the meeting of the Social Dialogue Development Team in January 2022?
192. What proposal for a recommendation to educate on the environmental aspects of sustainable development has been published by the European Commission?
193. Can cooperatives be a response to the challenges of a just transition in Poland?
194. What are the conclusions of the report „Improving the situation of women in employment”, which was prepared by the Lewiatan Confederation?
195. What is the result of NTT’s „Future of Work” research?
196. How has the pandemic affected the responsibilities and development of employees?
197. Do Poles use their potential?
198. What is a Conciliation Commission?
199. How are mediations regulated in the Code of Civil Procedure?
200. Who is upskilling?
201. What was the subject of the Social Dialogue Council meeting in February 2022?
202. What is the sponsorship tax credit?
203. What are the conclusions of Deloitte’s „2022 CxO Sustainability Report”?
204. What are the conclusions of the Eurobarometer 517. The future of Europe”?
205. What is motivational dialogue?
206. Is fear an effective motivator for work?
207. What is the culture of caring for employees?
208. Why is it worth introducing employee volunteering?
209. What is the factory resistance?
210. What is the procedure for resolving collective disputes?
211. What was the subject of the Social Dialogue Council meeting in March 2022?
212. What is greenwashing?
213. What is warwashing?
214. How can new technologies be used in volunteering?
215. What are the conclusions of the report „The condition of NGOs 2021 – the most important facts”?
216. What is a turquoise organization?
217. What about working time in a turquoise organization?
218. What is know-how and what value can it have for the company?
219. What is mediation and in what cases should it be used?
220. What is arbitration?
221. What was the subject of the meeting of the Social Dialogue Council’s P Team on International Affairs in April 2022?
222. What are the conclusions of the report „Family Care and Work”?
223. What does the World Bank do?
224. What is the situation of young people on the labour market?
225. What are the conclusions of the report of the Polish Economic  Institute „Competences of employees today and tomorrow”?
226. How to manage a team in a dynamic labor market?
227. Is mediation in criminal cases possible?
228. What are the rules of mediation in the case of criminal mediation?
229. What is the Forest Strategy and imports of products that do not cause deforestation?
230. What is the EU’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy?
231. What was the subject of the meeting of council D of the Social Journal in May 2022?
232. What should be the characteristics of an effective negotiator?
233. What does BATNA mean in negotiations?
234. What are the animal styles of negotiation?
235. What are positional negotiations?
236. How to implement mentoring in the company?
237. What is the role of the psyche in achieving business success?
238. What are the conclusions of the global study on the situation of women at work conducted by Deloitte?
239. What is the directivea work-life balance?
240. What are work regulations?
241. What was the subject of the meeting of the Social Dialogue Development Team in June 2022?
242. What are the win-win negotiation techniques related to preparation for negotiations?
243. What are the negotiation win-win related to the game of time?
244. Is it possible to temporarily suspend the application of labour law?
245. What does the report „Women @ Work 2022: A Global Outlook” show?
246. What competences are most often acquired in Poland?
247. Which soft skills are most in demand?
248. How to identify and develop company talents?
249. What does green HRM mean?
250. What are the characteristics of the remuneration regulations?
251. What was the subject of the Social Dialogue Council meeting in July 2023?
252. What are the win-lose negotiation echoes associated with the manipulation of facts?
253. What are the win-lose negotiation techniques?
254. What is the task of the „Charter of Principles of Good Cooperation between Business and Non-Governmental Organizations”?
255. What is the European Commission proposing  in its Communication „The Power of Trade Partnerships: Together for Green and Fair Growth”?
256. What are the most important PowerSkills of the modern labor market?
257. Work life balance or work life integration?
258. Is Polish business sustainable?
259. What creates an atmosphere suitable for employees?
260. What is job-sharing?
261. What are the win-win negotiation echoes of breaking the deadlock?
262. What are the win-lose negotiation techniques related to the impact on emotions?
263. What is the Negotiation Skills Triangle?
264. What are the conclusions of the Lewiatan Confederation’s report on the mental condition of employees?
265. What is a sustainable digital footprint?
266. What is the liability for violating the provisions of the Trade Union Act?
267. Who are perennials and why do modern organizations need them?
268. What are the ways to introduce social/collaborative learning into an organization?
269. A member of the board of a trade union and annual leave?
270. How do collective agreements work in France?
271. What was the subject of the Social Dialogue Council meeting in September 2022?
272. What are the win-lose negotiation echoes associated with the manipulation of facts?
273. What are the echoes of win-lose negotiations related to agreeing to small concessions?
274. What is the happy method in negotiations?
275. What is included in the report „Green Finance in Poland 2022”?
276. Do Polish employers care about diverse and inclusive teams?
277. What can everyone do for the climate?
278. How to solve conflicts at work?
279. How to measure employee engagement using the „pulse check” survey?
280. Why do we need to learn while working right now?
281. What was the subject of the meeting of the Problem Group for the Reform of the RDS Labour Market Policy on 17 October 2022.
282. What are the negotiating echoes of win-lose related to the limit of concessions?
283. What are the negotiation echoes of win-win related to clarification?
284. Temperature and negotiations?
285. What is the gender balance on company boards?
286. What do Polish women and Poles know about the carbon footprint?
287. What is Re-manualization?
288. What is mindfulness?
289. What is a sense of belonging and why is it so important?
290. How to facilitate the transfer of the most important knowledge in the organization?
291. What was the subject of the Social Dialogue Council meeting in November 2022?
292. What does the strength of negotiations depend on?
293. How to deal with a difficult negotiator?
294. What is the concept of panda diplomacy?
295. What is kangaroo negotiation?
296. Who will be covered by the EU Directive on Reporting on Sustainability?
297. What are the conclusions of the „Repairers of the World” report?
298. How to involve the manager in the development of the employee?
299. How to support employees in linguistically diversified organizations?
300. What is the individual working time?
301. What was the topic of the plenary meeting  of the Social Dialogue Council  with the participation of the President of the Republic of Poland in November 2022?
302. When do negotiations make no sense?
303. What is liability for damages for negotiating in bad faith?
304. What are the good and bad sides of online negotiations?
305. What is the psychological potential of employees?
306. What motivates people aged 60+ to prolong their professional activity?
307. What results from the latest edition of the CSR survey in practice – the barometer of the French-Polish Chamber of Commerce?
308. What is feedforward and why is it so important?
309. How is remote outplacement different from traditional outplacement?
310. What should a social media policy contain?
311. What was the topic of the plenary meeting of the Social Dialogue Council in January 2023?
312. What are the conflict resolution styles in negotiations?
313. What are the legal consequences of signing a letter of intent?
314. What are the types of mediation?
315. What are the qualities of a good mediator?
316. What is the situation of young mothers on the labour market?
317. What is the importance of work-life balance?
318. Are companies in Poland ready for the obligat
319. ion to report ESG (Environment, Social and Corporate Governance)?
320. What are the ways to retain an employee?
321. What are the sources of conflict in the team?
322. What was the topic of the meeting of the European Funds Team in February 2023?
323. What is mediation and in what casesshould it be used?
324. What are the differences between soft HR and hard HR?
325. What are the negotiation myths?
326. What is assertiveness in negotiating?
327. How to remedy burnout?
328. What is mobbing and how to fight it?
329. Is it necessary to fight gossip at work?
330. What is remote occasional work?
331. What is workation?
332. What was the topic of the plenary meeting of the Social Dialogue Council in March 2023?
333. What is holacracy?
334. What is and what is Action Learning about?
335. What is the role of empathy in negotiations?
336. How to deal with cognitive biases/prejudice in negotiations?
337. What are the causes of professional burnout?
338. What do you know about stress in the workplace?
339. Will we see common EU criteria for combating greenwashing?
340. What is flexible work organization?
341. What changes in the field of work-life balance have been introduced to the Labor Code?
342. Eco company – how to run a better sustainable business?
343. What is networking and how to build a network of contacts?
344. What is the importance of coaching in business?
345. How does the work climate affect employee productivity?
346. What are the effects of bad competition at work?
347. What is the psychological potential of employees?
348. What is Dad’s negotiating advice?
349. What documents are related to the negotiations?
350. What are the benefits of employee benefits?
351. What is Quiet quitting?
352. What was the topic of the plenary meeting of the Social Dialogue Council in May 2023?
353. Do local governments implement the zero waste philosophy?
354. What is the situation of women in the labor market?
355. What are the consequences of participating in an illegal strike?
356. How does Poland fare in the world ranking regarding labor law?
357. When is Ecological Debt Day in Poland?
358. Why is work-life balance so important?
359. How to avoid stress in a new job?
360. What is an umbrella agreement?
361. What is the empty wallet negotiating tactic?
362. What was the subject of the plenary meeting of the Social Dialogue Council in June 2023?
363. What are dad’s parenting rights?
364. Is mediation helpful in resolving disputes in the workplace?
365. What are the conclusions of the study „Closer to yourself – mental health and empathy at work”?
366. What is the situation of seniors on the labor market?
367. Is your workplace open to non-binary people?
368. How is technology changing negotiations?
369. How do visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners behave in negotiations?
370. How can you deal with concentration problems in the workplace?
371. What is outplacement?

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