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Voivodeship Labour Office in Lublin

Discover essential information about living and working in Poland, including economic indicators, access to the labor market, residence requirements, and job opportunities. Learn about unemployment rates, industry surpluses, and labor market shortages.

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Voivodeship Labour Office in Lublin

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  1. Voivodeship Labour Office in Lublin Living and Workingin Poland Marta Sadłowska EURES Adviser Turin, 12 - 13 October 2012

  2. General information Territory:312 685 km² Population: 38.2mln Number of voivodships: 16 Language: Polish

  3. General information • 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

  4. Main economic indicators • GDP growth in 2012– 2,5 % • Private sector responsible for more than 60% of Polish economy • Inflationrate in 2012- 3,8 % • Average gross monthly salary in 2012- 3496,82 pln– 835euro • Minimum grossmonthlywage2012- 1500,00 pln- 357 euro • Unemployment benefit in2012- 761,40 pln- 172 euro

  5. UE citizens` access to Polish labour market: • NO LIMITS – UE citizens have a free access to Polish labour market – work permit is NOT required

  6. Residingin 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

  7. Theapplication for registrationmust be accompanied by thefollowingdocuments: • Emploees: • A writtenstatementoftheemployer • A workcertificate • Self-employed: • An excerptfromthe National Court Register • A certificateofregistrationinthebusinessactivity register • Studentsorpersonsundergoingjobtraining: • A certificatefrom a schoolofhighereducationconfirmingadmissionor a referral for a jobtraining • A documentsconfirmingtheright to health andcarebenefits • A proof confirmingpossessionofsufficientfunds to supportoneselfwithout a need to apply for welfarebenefits

  8. Permanent Residencyin Poland • NOTE! After five yearsofuninterruptedresidencyintheterritoryof Poland an EU citizenacquires permanent residency (the person does not remainoutside Poland for morethansixmonthswithintheyear) More info: http://uric.gov.pl

  9. UnemploymentRate . Pomorskie 12.1% Warmińsko- Mazurskie 19.3% Zachodnio- Pomorskie 16.5 Podlaskie 13.9% Kujawsko-Pomorskie 16.6% Mazowieckie 10.2% Lubuskie 14,9% Wielkopolskie 9.1 % Łódzkie13.0% Lubelskie 13.0% Dolnośląskie 12.4 % Świętokrzyskie 14.9% Opolskie 13.1% Śląskie 10.2% 12,4 % - August 2012 Podkarpackie 15.3% Małopolskie 10.6%

  10. The characteristic of Polishunemployment: • seasonality – dropping from March, increasing in November andDecember • 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 highestqualifications are in much better situation on the labour market • unemployment growthcaused by an international crisis–group dismissals(procesing industry, tourism, finance, automotive industry, transport)

  11. Surpluses in Poland: Mainly in three industries: - agriculture, forestry, gardening 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: 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 Workpossibilities:

  12. 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

  13. 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 "GazetaWyborcza„ 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

  14. Concluding an EmploymentContract A work agreement is concluded in wrriting and determines: • 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

  15. At work • Working Hours: Full time = 40h/week or individual agreement • Salary: paid at least once a month, on a fixed pre-agreed datePoland 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

  16. Taxation Types of taxes in Poland: • direct: • personal income tax PIT • corporate income tax CIT 19 % • indirect: • 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: • inheritance and donation tax • tax on civil law transactions • agricultural tax • forestry tax • real property tax • tax on means of transportation

  17. Social Insurance Accident at Work and Occupational Diseases Insurance • 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.

  18. 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 • Mandatory health insurance does not cover the persons who work under task contracts.

  19. Renting a flat: • 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 2. Throuhg a real estate agency

  20. Cost of Living – examples of prices: • 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)

  21. 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/

  22. Thankyou for attention! Marta Sadłowska Eures Adviser Voivodeship Labour Office In Lublin5 Okopowa Street, 20-022 Lublin, POLAND Tel./Fax: 0048 81 472 56 34

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