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 Diia.pl is an electronic document issued to Ukrainian citizens who crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border after February 24, 2022, which was added to the catalog of residence permits on July 23, 2022.

 President Andrzej Duda has signed an amendment to the law which assistants citizens of Ukraine in connection with the armed conflict on the territory of that country.

 Currently, the legal act regulating the employment of citizens in Poland is the Act of March 12, 2022 on assistance to Ukrainian citizens in connection with an armed conflict in the territory of that country.

 Regulation (EU) 2020/1055 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2020 amending Regulations (EC) No 1071/2009, (EC) No 1072/2009 and (EU) No 1024/2012 to adapt them to changes in road transport (Journal of Laws EU.L 2020 No. 249, p. 17) introduced, inter alia, a change in the provisions consisting in the obligation to obtain a permit to pursue the occupation of road transport operator and a Community license by entrepreneurs engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator with the use of motor vehicles or vehicle combinations, the permissible total weight of which exceeds 2.5 tons. The provisions of the regulation entered into force on February 21, 2022.

 After receiving the refugee status, a foreigner cannot work for the first 6 months of the procedures. He has the right to do so when he is granted international protection or if the procedure is prolonged, i.e. it lasts more than six months, and it is not the fault of the foreigner. In both cases, he is exempt from the need to obtain a work permit. Thus, employment of a person covered by international protection or waiting for the examination of the application for more than 6 months means that the superior is subject to the same procedures as for employing polish workers.