Patrycja Zawirska

Practice Areas

All aspects of employment & labor law such as: general advisory;

- collective redundancies;

- litigation;

- whistleblowers’ protection advisory;

- equal treatment and remuneration advisory;

- internal investigations in potential harassment and discrimination cases;

- compliance in employment matters;

- advisory and representation before the Polish State Labour Inspectorate;

- advisory and representation before the Social Insurance Institution;

- advisory related to ESG;

- negotiations with individual employees;

- negotiations with trade unions, works councils and other employee representatives;

- advisory on digitalization of employment documentation;

- immigration (global mobility) law;

- advisory in employee-related criminal cases;

- employee data protection.

Career

Over 20 years of experience in advising on employment & labour law matters.

Founder of the Zawirska Ruszczyk firm (February 2017). Managing Partner and Head of Advisory Practice of the firm.

Previously, for many years a partner in international and the largest Polish law firms.

Professional Memberships

Attorney-at-law – District Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw, Poland.

Member of ELLINT – international employment & labour law alliance.

Personal

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Work Highlights

Patrycja specializes in complex reorganization and restructuring processes, managing relations with employee representatives and in working time matters. She has a vast experience in ‘sensitive’ disputes with employees (work accidents, discrimination, mobbing, breach of enterprise secrets and ethical rules). She represents clients in court disputes in the scope of, e.g. terminating employment contracts (also with “protected” employees) and related claims, mobbing, discrimination, overtime, bonuses, etc.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Poland

Languages Spoken

Polish, English

Education

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