As an employer/ordering party, you have not only obligations but also certain rights. Whether you employ someone based on an employment contract or a civil law contract, your basic rights arise respectively from the Labor Code (e.g., supervising employees’ work and accounting for their work results, imposing disciplinary penalties on employees, granting rewards and distinctions to employees who diligently and responsibly carry out assigned tasks) and the Civil Code (e.g., the right to demand proper performance of the task, the right to supervise how the task is carried out, the right to terminate the contract at any time, the right to compensation, the right to set the terms of cooperation).

Moreover, if you employ a foreigner in your company, you are entitled to additional rights, in particular:
• you may verify documents confirming the fulfillment of specific conditions necessary for the foreigner to legally perform work, (po kliknięciu w „legally perform work” powinno być przekierowanie do odpowiedniej podstrony dot. legalności zatrudnienia)
• you have the right to make the continuation of employment conditional on the foreigner’s legal status – you have the right (and even the obligation) to terminate the contract with a foreigner if they lose the right to legally reside or work in Poland,
• you have the right to issue Annex No. 1 to the foreigner, which is necessary for them to apply for a temporary residence and work permit – it is up to you whether the employee will be able to obtain the aforementioned residence permit on the basis of employment in your company,
• if an employee submits foreign-language documents, e.g. documents confirming work experience (a university diploma obtained abroad, the so-called ’employment record book’), you may require the foreigner to provide a translation prepared by a sworn translator.