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Rest at work: 11 hours a day and 35 hours a week — your right
You must have at least 11 hours off between shifts and 35 hours of uninterrupted rest each week. Here is what it means for your schedule.
Read →10/06/2026 · 4 minPay day: by the 10th of the month, in October 2026 by 9 October
Your employer pays your monthly salary by the 10th of the following month at the latest. What if that day is a day off, and what to do if pay is late.
Read →10/05/2026 · 4 minGeorgia, Colombia, Venezuela: work in Poland only with a visa — what has changed
Since 15 August 2026 citizens of Georgia, Colombia and Venezuela coming to work need a visa; since 22 August they cannot work on a permit while visa-free.
Read →10/05/2026 · 4 minProbationary contract — how long it can last and how to terminate it
A probation period lasts up to 3 months, and 1 or 2 months before shorter contracts. Learn how to count it, the notice periods and when it is extended.
Read →10/02/2026 · 4 min26 December 2026 falls on a Saturday — you are entitled to an extra day off
A public holiday on a Saturday cuts working time by 8 hours. If you work Monday to Friday, your employer must give you another day off instead.
Read →10/02/2026 · 5 minSick leave (L4) — how much you get and when you lose sickness benefit
On sick leave you usually get 80% of your pay. Since 13 April 2026 the law states exactly what you must not do on sick leave and how ZUS checks it.
Read →10/01/2026 · 4 minEmployment certificate — when the employer must issue it and how to correct an error
You get the certificate on your last day of work and have 14 days to request corrections. What it contains, what to do if it is missing, and the fines.
Read →10/01/2026 · 4 minAnnual leave: 20 or 26 days — how to work out what you are entitled to
Your leave depends on length of service, schooling and working hours. How leave works in a first job, when changing employer and in temporary work.
Read →09/30/2026 · 4 minDeductions from pay — what your employer may take and how much must be left
Bailiff, advance, fine, employer housing: which deductions are allowed, when your consent is needed and what the amount exempt from deductions is in 2026.
Read →09/30/2026 · 4 minClock change on 25 October 2026 — the extra hour on a night shift is overtime
On the night of 24 to 25 October the clocks go back. If you work the night shift then, you usually work one hour more — and you are owed a supplement for it.
Read →09/29/2026 · 4 minNotice period for an employment contract — how long it lasts and when it ends
From 3 working days to 3 months: what the length of notice depends on, when it ends and what rights you have during it.
Read →09/29/2026 · 4 minTemporary work: 18 months at one company within 36 — how to count the limit
A temporary worker may work for one user employer for no more than 18 months within 36 consecutive months. Here is how to count this limit.
Read →09/28/2026 · 4 minWorkplace bullying (mobbing): new rules from 5 November 2026
From 5 November 2026, mobbing means persistent harassment of an employee; compensation is at least six times the minimum wage.
Read →09/28/2026 · 4 minWorking in heat: from 11 January 2027, a 35°C limit indoors and 32°C outdoors
New health and safety rules set, for the first time, a temperature at which work must stop — and employer duties from 25–28°C.
Read →09/25/2026 · 4 minWork on a declaration: 7 days to notify the labour office
An employer hiring a foreigner on a work declaration must report the start of work within 7 days and a no-show within 14 days — late reports risk a fine.
Read →09/25/2026 · 4 minContracts and self-employment now count towards seniority
Since 1 May 2026 private employers count civil contracts, self-employment and work abroad towards seniority; you have 24 months to document them.
Read →09/24/2026 · 5 minPIP can turn a civil contract into an employment contract — how the decision works
Since 8 July 2026 a district labour inspector can decide that a civil-law or B2B contract is in fact an employment contract — here is how it works.
Read →09/24/2026 · 4 minHigher fines for breaching employee rights and a year to switch contracts voluntarily
Since 8 July 2026 Labour Code fines have doubled, and firms have until 8 July 2027 to turn sham civil contracts into employment contracts without a penalty.
Read →09/23/2026 · 4 minPay ranges in recruitment — what you can require from an employer
Since 24 December 2025 a candidate must learn the pay before signing, and the employer may not ask what you earned before.
Read →09/23/2026 · 4 minCarried-over leave: 30 September 2026 is two deadlines in one
Carried-over leave from 2025 must start by 30 September. On the same day, leave from 2022 becomes time-barred — check your entitlement.
Read →09/22/2026 · 4 minPIP checks minimum pay — how to report underpayment
In 2025 inspectors found over PLN 8.4 million in underpayments to almost 4,000 people. Fines reach PLN 60,000. How to check your pay and complain to PIP.
Read →09/22/2026 · 4 minMinimum wage 2027: PLN 4,950 gross and PLN 32.30 per hour
The regulation is now in the Journal of Laws. See what you will earn from 1 January 2027 on an employment or civil contract, and what employers must do.
Read →09/21/2026 · 3 minMinimum hourly rate in 2027 — what changes for temporary workers
The new amount, who it applies to and how to check your contract complies.
Read →09/14/2026 · 4 minWork permit or declaration — which route to choose
Two ways to legally employ a foreign worker in Poland, compared step by step.
Read →09/07/2026 · 3 minThe 2026 temporary-work season — three things that will stay
More employment contracts, shorter hiring, workers from new countries.
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