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Edition 2026.09

Poland employment facts

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These are the 16 statutory values we hold for Poland in Global Employment Facts (Employ Borderless), 14 of them read from a statute or the government that administers it. Each row names the page it came from, the date the figure took effect and the date a person last checked it. They are legal minimums, not what employers in Poland actually offer, and they are what our three published indexes score Poland on.

What the law requires in Poland

PL
FieldValueUnitTierSourceEffectiveVerifiedCaveats
Statutory paid annual leaveannual_leave_days20working days a yearStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-16-
National public holidayspublic_holidays14days a yearExtractedEditorially reviewed secondary research2026-01-012026-06-11-
Statutory notice periodnotice_weeks10.2weeksStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-
Statutory severanceseverance_weeks8.7weeksStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-
Employer social contributionsemployer_ssc_rate16.26% of gross payStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-
Employee social contributionsemployee_ssc_rate13.71% of gross payStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-
Statutory minimum wagemin_wage_monthly4,806a monthStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-01-012026-09-17-
Income tax bracketsincome_tax_brackets1 band-OfficialOECD2025-01-012026-09-13-
Top personal income tax ratepersonal_income_tax_top_rate32%StatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-
Corporate tax ratecorporate_tax_rate19%StatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-
Standard VAT ratevat_rate23%StatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17currentness uncertain
Statutory maternity leavematernity_leave_weeks20weeksStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-
Statutory paternity leavepaternity_leave_weeks2weeksStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-
Statutory parental leaveparental_leave_weeks41weeksStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-
Statutory weekly hoursavg_weekly_hours40hours a weekStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-
State pension ageretirement_age65yearsStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-

Where a field is missing from this table, we hold no sourced value for Poland and publish the gap rather than filling it. Where a statute and a compilation disagree, the statute wins.

Source tiers on this page: Statute is statute or government source · Extracted is machine-extracted, editorially reviewed · Official is official multilateral compilation.

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For what these rules mean in practice, who can employ under them and what hiring there actually costs, read our guide to hiring in Poland.

Cite this dataset

Schuchmann, R. (2026). Global Employment Facts (Employ Borderless) [Data set]. Employ Borderless. https://employborderless.com/hiring-intelligence/global-employment-facts/

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