Labor Mobilis 2014


Laureate of the Labor Mobilis 2014 award

Radosław Mleczko

'For a fierce defence of the freedom to provide services in the European Union and of hundreds of thousands of jobs in Poland'

Nominees for the Labor Mobilis 2014 award

Sebastian Filipek-Kaźmierczak

‘For unyielding representation of the interests of Polish service providers in the works on the implementation directive on posting workers’

Polish HR Forum

‘For a selfless and the most effective contribution to the defence of the interests of Polish service providers from all employers’ organisations’

Labor Mobilis 2014 Competition Jury

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Prof. Jerzy Hausner
Honorary Jury Member

Professor of Economics, Head of the Department of Public Economics and Administration at the Cracow University of Economics. Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Labour and Social Policy. Adjunct Professor in Transition Economies at the International Center for Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School. Member of the Polish Economic Society, the Monetary Policy Council, the Economic Sciences and Labor and Social Policy Science Committees at the Polish Academy of Science. Member of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute Advisory Council. Since 2014 works in Bruegel, at the Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory. Laureate of Kisiel Award.

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Danuta Jazłowiecka
European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European Parliament (EMPL), expert on posting of workers. Rapporteur on the Enforcement Directive on the posting of workers. Outstanding expert and representative of the EU legislative authorities. Responsible, among others, for issues related to labor mobility, protection of workers employed abroad, support for job creation initiatives, and elimination of administrative burdens on businesses. Winner of Labor Mobilis 2013.

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Barbara Balon
Polish Association of Social Insurance

Graduate of Universities from Krakow – Jagiellonian Univeristy and Warsaw - Warsaw University. Expert in the field of pensions. Participated in many scientific conferences devoted to social insurance. Very active in the structures of Polish Association of Social Insurance where she effectively promotes the knowledge of insurances. Serves as the President of the Board of Malopolska Branch of the association since 2004. Since 1999 oversees the payment of benefits as Deputy Director of the Polish Social Insurance Branch in Krakow.

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Łukasz Puciłowski
Enterpreneurs Representative

Graduate of Wrocław University of Economics and Ph.D. Studies in the field of economic sciences in the discipline of management science at the College of Management and Finance, Warsaw School of Economics. Entrepreneur. Manages the company, which is the market leader in cross-border provision of home care services. Responsible for the development of the company and its expansion into new markets such as United Kingdom, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Czech Republic. Directly oversaw the introduction of sale of home care services in Poland in June 2013.

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Stefan Schwarz
Labour Mobility Initiative

Graduate of Cracow University of Economics. President of Labour Mobility Initiative Association. The initiator of activities promoting export of services as a competitive advantage of Polish economy in the UE and fight against provisions of the proposal on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC which would block posting of workers. As promoter and expert on legal work abroad, he participated, inter alia, in the round table debates as a part of a European Commission project that developed guidelines on human right protection in the HR industry. In 2010 he initiated actions that led to VAT exemption for the in-home care services to elderly.

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Marek Benio, Ph.D.
Cracow University of Economics

Lawyer, graduate of Jagiellonian University, Ph.D. in economics. Honorary member of Polish Association of Social Insurance (PSUS). Associated with Cracow University of Economics since 1994, where he is Adjunct Professor at the Department of Public Economics and Administration. Social insurance and labour law expert. Participated in international research programmes dedicated to pension systems. Author of publications on social security, labour law, public economics and administration. Supervised to a successful conclusion over two hundred masters theses and other papers.

About the Gala

The idea behind Labor Mobilis Honorary Award is to appreciate outstanding achievements and special contributions to labour mobility and free provision of services, which employ more than 340 000 Poles in the EU Member States and secure existence of 24 000 of Polish companies.

Labor Mobilis statuette was handed out twice so far – in 2013 and 2014. During the two first editions of the Competition among the laureates were:

2014: Radosław Mleczko, awarded 'for a fierce defence of the freedom to provide services in the European Union and of hundreds of thousands of jobs in Poland'.

2013: Danuta Jazłowiecka, awarded ‘for her steadfast commitment and struggle over the enforcement directive with the goal of maintaining a healthy balance between protection of workers’ rights and the freedom to provide services in the EU’.

The laureate of Labor Mobilis Award is chosen by the Competition Jury, which includes representatives from the world of politics, science, business and administration. Honorary Member of the Jury is prominent Polish economist, Prof. Jerzy Hausner.

The Statuette Awarding Ceremony takes place during official Labor Mobilis Gala, held at the Manggha Centre of Japanese Art and Technology in Krakow. The event is accompanied by a rich artistic programme. In 2014 Marek Grechuta Songs Recital, performed by the laureate of Grechuta Festival, Karolina Laszko, and Paweł Piątek, composer and the pianist of Marek Grechuta, as well as by the finalist of ‘Got Talent’ show, Kasia Sochacka added splendour to this event. The recital was held under the patronage of Ms. Danuta Grechuta.