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In a recent parliamentary query, the Ministry of Labour was asked for its position on the increasingly high-profile issue of companies organising bogus recruitment drives. Employers publish job advertisements for positions for which they do not actually intend to hire. In this way, they collect information from candidates about their competitors’ activities, build databases and research the labour market.
Work on a draft bill to transpose EU Directive 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages into Polish law has been underway for over two years. The deadline for implementing this legislation passed on 15 November 2024.
As the Social Dialogue Council failed to reach an agreement by the statutory deadline, the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy submitted a draft regulation on the minimum wage for 2027 to the Council of Ministers on 8 September 2026.
In accordance with Article 18(3ca) § 3 of the Labour Code, as introduced last year, employers must ensure that job advertisements and job titles are gender-neutral. In a recent response to a parliamentary question, the Ministry of Labour indicated that, to meet the requirement for gender neutrality, one may, for example:
Employers are required to grant employees outstanding annual leave for 2025 by 30 September 2026.
Chief Labour Inspector Janusz Krasoń has drafted a draft self-assessment checklist that is meant to help employers assess whether they have chosen the correct basis for employment. This is the GIP’s second attempt at the document – the previous version, comprising 42 questions, was drafted by Marcin Stanecki. The tool is linked to the reform of the National Labour Inspectorate (PIP) of 8 July 2026, which permits inspectors to recategorize civil law and B2B contracts as employment relationships.