An employment contract must be in writing no later than the day work starts.
Labour Code
Employment contracts, working time, holidays, termination.
- Summary
- KP
- Adopted
- 26 June 1974
- Original publication
- Dz.U. 1974 nr 24 poz. 141
- Summary up to date as of
- October 2026
Key rules
The Labour Code in brief
Working time: 8 hours a day and an average of 40 hours a week; holiday entitlement of 20 or 26 days.
Minimum wage in 2026: PLN 4,806 gross.
Notice period for a contract of indefinite duration: from 2 weeks to 3 months.
Full text of the act
The current consolidated text and all amendments are available in ISAP, the official database of legal acts maintained by the Sejm.
Summary prepared by the HLBC team. Status: October 2026. This is general information, not legal advice.
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