Labour protection for firms hit by Russian embargo
PR dla Zagranicy
John Beauchamp
22.12.2014 13:54
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Labour protection for firms hit by Russian embargo
Parliament has just approved legislation aimed at protecting workplaces threatened by the retaliatory Russian embargo on many imported Polish products.
Photo: PAP/Marcin Bielecki
As Slawek Szefs reports, companies and entrepreneurs affected by the negative measures will be entitled to seek government support over a two year period.
“An example could be packaging producers who had contracts with affected food exporters. That is why the government approached the problem from a wide economic perspective, starting with the processing sector, through trade, up to transport and services,” deputy labour minister Jacek Mecina told Polish Radio.