Many oppositionists were prevented by the communist regime from working in their profession, and often had to take up jobs with a lower salary.
Years later, they found themselves with lower retirement and disability benefits than they would have otherwise had, public broadcaster Polish Radio's IAR news agency reported.
Under the new rules, periods during which opponents of the communists were unable to work will be taken into account in determining the level of their old-age pensions, experts said.
Poland's communist regime collapsed in 1989, but its more than four decades of totalitarian rule still cast a long shadow over the country.
(pk)
Source: IAR