Poland is loosening regulations for foreigner job contracts.
Beginning in 2025, the Polish administration initially intended to mandate that all foreign nationals operating under a permit or job application enter into solely job agreements.
However, it has since emerged that the government has chosen to ease these stipulations. As per the revised version of the proposed legislation, foreign employees will, in select instances, be permitted to operate under alternate arrangements, such as under agency agreements.
The revised rules seek to safeguard the entitlements of foreign employees and elevate their working environments. The administration posits that the job agreement will furnish greater constancy and societal safeguards for those who lack fluency in Polish or comprehension of the legislation, and will similarly aid in combating unjust rivalry and deteriorating norms within the employment sector.
The business sector has voiced disapproval of this stipulation from its inception, contending that it might engender difficulties. Businesses, notably within domains such as construction, logistics, transportation, and commerce, caution that compulsory job agreements could precipitate the proliferation of the clandestine market and a departure of foreign manpower from the nation.
Within the updated iteration of the legislation, the government suggested instituting exemptions for particular vocations. The Department of Labor will possess the authority to stipulate instances wherein a job agreement will not be obligatory. Presently, the catalog of such vocations encompasses athletes, instructors, and performers. Nevertheless, business owners deem this to be inadequate and assert that the exclusions ought to encompass pivotal sectors encountering employee deficits.
Specialists additionally underscore the caregiving domain, wherein umowa zlecenia constitutes the most fitting mode of engagement. A prohibition thereof could yield supplementary predicaments for households that depend on childcare or care for the elderly.
The proposed legislation remains subject to deliberation within the Council of Ministers.
