Taxi Deregulation in Poland

This text is part of the New European Study project to identify and analyze the best practices and strengths of industrial relations of self-employed workers: representation beyond administration, and the possible leadership of SMEs. It analyzes how the self-employed can create and take part in the process of social dialogue in Poland. Traditionally, social dialogue is defined as interaction and mutual negotiations by the government, employers’ organizations and trade unions. This traditional definition of social dialogue emerged in an economic reality very different from the current one — when large enterprises played a major role in national economies. In recent years, the economic structures of EU Member States have undergone significant change and therefore new, ‘atypical’ forms of labour agreements have emerged. For this reason, a new type of social dialogue needs to be established so that new actors may benefit from it.