Failure to Prepare or to Present Documentation on a Work-related Accident in Light of the Polish Criminal Code

The subject of this paper is the offence of failure to prepare or to present the required documentation on a work-related accident. This offence is criminalised under the Article 221 of the Polish Criminal Code. The author begins by considering what kind of interest is protected against the offence in question and giving a definition of a work-related accident. The author then continues with a detailed analysis of the objective element of the offence and the offender. The author also explains the subjective element of this offence. She analyses the relevant provisions of the Criminal Code, the Labour Code and other legal acts concerning the labour and social insurance law. Finally, she gives some conclusions and makes a de lege ferenda postulate.