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Sadly, and I say this with all the love for my Polish brethren and sisters, Poland and many Eastern European countries still have some catching up to do.

The silver lining, however, is that these countries make significant headway at a steady pace.

Especially the countries that are part of the EU are constantly improving, partly because they have to adhere to the EU-wide minimum baseline.

So I've got faith they'll get there.

But this lagging behind, for lack of a better world, is also, in part, why many US companies that want to expand into the EU set up bases in countries like Poland. It's generally cheaper and is the “least bad” from the corporations’ perspective regarding labor rights.