Patrycja Zawirska

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.

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.

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

Member of ELLINT – international employment & labour law alliance.

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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.

Institute of Law Studies Polish Academy of Sciences

PhD in legal sciences

2009

Ranked in Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence since 2010, including as “Band 3” since 2013.

Leading lawyer in Poland (Leading Individual) according to The Legal 500 EMEA 2020 – 2025