Voivodeship Labour Office
in Lublin
Living and Working
in Poland
Marta Sadłowska
EURES Adviser
Turin, 12 - 13 October 2012
General information
Territory:
Population:
Number of voivodships:
Language:
312 685 km²
38.2 mln
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Polish
General information
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Full country name: Republic of Poland
Capital city: Warszawa (Warsaw) – population 1.7 million
Political system: parliamentary democracy
Currency: 1 zloty (PLN)= approx. EUR. 0.25
Time: GMT+1h
Nationalities: 98.5% Polish, 0.6% Ukrainians, 0.5% Germans,
0.4% others
• Religion: 90.7% Catholics, 1.4% Orthodox, 7.9% others
• The biggest cities: Warszawa, Łódź, Kraków, Lublin,Wrocław,
Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Białystok
• Climate: continental, moderate, changeable weather
Main economic indicators
• GDP growth in 2012– 2,5 %
• Private sector responsible for more than 60% of Polish economy
• Inflation rate in 2012- 3,8 %
• Average gross monthly salary in 2012- 3496,82 pln – 835euro
• Minimum gross monthly wage 2012- 1500,00 pln- 357 euro
• Unemployment benefit in 2012- 761,40 pln- 172 euro
UE citizens` access to Polish labour market:
- NO LIMITS –
UE citizens have a free access to Polish
labour market – work permit is NOT
required
Residing in Poland
If residence is longer than 3 months:
• The application for registration must be filed in by
EU citizen wth the competent voivode in the place of
residence.
• The applicant must show a valid travel document
or another document confirming his/her identity and
citizenship
The application for registration must be accompanied
by the following documents:
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Emploees:
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A written statement of the employer
A work certificate
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Self-employed:
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An excerpt from the National Court Register
A certificate of registration in the business activity register
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Students or persons undergoing job training:
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A certificate from a school of higher education confirming
admission or a referral for a job training
A documents confirming the right to health and care benefits
A proof confirming possession of sufficient funds to support
oneself without a need to apply for welfare benefits
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Permanent Residency in Poland
• NOTE!
After five years of uninterrupted residency in the
territory of Poland an EU citizen acquires permanent
residency
(the person does not remain outside Poland for more
than six months within the year)
More info: http://uric.gov.pl
Unemployment Rate
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Pomorskie
12.1%
WarmińskoMazurskie
19.3%
ZachodnioPomorskie 16.5
Podlaskie
13.9%
KujawskoPomorskie
16.6%
Lubuskie
14,9%
Mazowieckie
10.2%
Wielkopolskie
9.1 %
Łódzkie
13.0%
Dolnośląskie
12.4 %
Świętokrzyskie
14.9%
Opolskie
13.1%
12,4 % - August 2012
Śląskie
10.2%
Małopolskie
10.6%
Lubelskie
13.0%
Podkarpackie
15.3%
The characteristic of Polish unemployment:
 seasonality – dropping from March, increasing in November and
December
 differentiation between the regions of the country
 registered unemployment is dominated by women
 average duration of registered unemployment among men is
shorter than the figure for women
 people with the highest qualifications are in much better
situation on the labour market
 unemployment growth caused by an international crisis –
group dismissals (procesing industry, tourism, finance, automotive
industry, transport)
Work possibilities:
Surpluses in Poland:
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Mainly in three industries:
- agriculture, forestry, gardening
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Seller
Economic assistant
Technician mechanic
Car mechanic
Economist
Theologist
Construction technician
Processing industry worker
Farmer / agriculture technician
Tradesman
Electrician fitter
Electronics engineer
Shortages in Poland:
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Administrative clerk
Office worker
Secretary
Call- centre workers
Cashier
Safeguard
Steel fixer
Welder (TIG, MAG, MIG)
Nursery-worker
Commercial agent
Child and Old people carer
Plasterer
Tile layer
Buildings conservator
How to find a job in Poland?
In Poland, one may look for a job by oneself or through:
• public employment services - to have access to all the job offers of a district job
centre (Powiatowy Urząd Pracy) the person must be registered at that centre as a job
seeker or an unemployed
• non-public employment agencies - each non-public employment agency should be
entered in the register of entities running employment agencies, a proof of which is a
certificate issued by the Voivodship Marshal (Self-governed Regional Authority). The list
of agencies is published on the webpage www.kraz.praca.gov.pl
An employment agency may not charge any fees (except for the actual cost incurred in
connection with sending an applicant to a job abroad) to the persons for whom employment
sought or to whom assistance is provided in finding the right profession and place of
employment
How to find a job in Poland?
• newspaper job ads - most daily newspapers, both nationwide and local
ones, contain special pages with job offers. Monday edition of
"Gazeta Wyborcza„ and Wednesday edition of "Rzeczpospolita" daily
newspaper
• Internet portals with job offers (examples)
www.praca.interia.pl
www.praca.gazeta.pl
www.pracuj.pl
www.praca.wp.pl
www.praca.onet.pl
www.jobs.pl,
www.jobpilot.pl
Concluding an Employment Contract
A work agreement is concluded in wrriting and determines:
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parties to an agreement,
the type of agreement,
the date of its conclusion,
conditions of work and pay
the type of work,
the place at which work is carried out,
remuneration for the type of work,
specifying pay components and legal grounds for their
establishment,
• whether the work is part-time or full-time,
• a start date
At work
• Working Hours: Full time = 40h/week or individual agreement
• Salary: paid at least once a month, on a fixed pre-agreed date
Poland has a minimum pay guaranteed by law. Currently, it
amounts to PLN 1500,00 gross (as of 1 January 2012) for a full
time employee.
• Annual Leave: 20-26 working days.
• Social Security – employer submits employee
• Taxes, contributions – deducted from salary
Taxation
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PIT
CIT 19 %
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personal income tax
corporate income tax
tax on goods and services also known as value added tax – VAT (Poland has
four VAT rates: 23%, 8%, 5% and 0%)
excise tax
gambling tax
property:
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inheritance and donation tax
tax on civil law transactions
agricultural tax
forestry tax
real property tax
tax on means of transportation
Social Insurance
Accident at Work and Occupational Diseases Insurance
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sickness allowance
rehabilitation benefit
one-time indemnity
pension for accident at work or occupational disease
training pension
family pension
nursing allowance
medical costs reimbursement
The contribution for the accident at work insurance varies from 0.40% to 8.12% of the contribution
assessment basis and is funded in full by the employer.
Health Care
• An EU citizen is entitled to free medical health care in Poland if:
– he/she is subject to health insurance in another EU state during
his/her temporary stay in Poland
– he/she is subject to Polish health insurance
• Subject to mandatory health insurance are persons who:
– work under employment contracts or service contracts
– are registered with a district job centre as unemployed
– are self-employed
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Mandatory health insurance does not cover the persons who work
under task contracts.
Renting a flat:
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On one’s own – by asking friends, reading newspaper
and Internet ads, placing one’s own ads in newspapers and
Internet portals, or hanging such ads in the desired
neighbourhood
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Throuhg a real estate agency
Cost of Living – examples of prices:
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Bread: PLN 2 (EUR 0,5)
Milk – 1 l: PLN 2,5 (EUR 0,6)
Butter – 0,25 kg: PLN 4 (EUR )
Ham – 1kg: PLN 25 (EUR 5)
Swiss cheese - 1 kg : PLN 27 (EUR 6)
Apples - 1 kg: PLN 3 (EUR 0,75)
Beer - 0,5 l : PLN 4 – 10 (EUR 0,75 – 2,5)
Cinema ticket: PLN 20 (EUR 5)
Learning Polish
• http://www.polish.courses.pl/
• http://www.klubdialogu.pl/
• http://www.varia-course.com/
• http://www.calleo.pl/
• http://www.polonica.edu.pl/indexe.html
• http://www.centroitaliano.pl/it/
Thank you for attention!
Marta Sadłowska
Eures Adviser
Voivodeship Labour Office
In Lublin
5 Okopowa Street, 20-022 Lublin,
POLAND
Tel./Fax: 0048 81 472 56 34