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Labour Market and Employment Services Act

Labour Fund, labour offices, support for the unemployed and employers.

Summary
URP
Adopted
20 March 2025
Original publication
Dz.U. 2025 poz. 620
Summary up to date as of
October 2026
Full text in ISAP

Key rules

The Labour Market Act in brief

01

The employer pays a Labour Fund contribution of 2.45% of salary (where the salary is at least the minimum wage).

02

Exemptions from the contribution apply, among others, to women over 55 and men over 60.

03

The act has been in force since 1 June 2025 and replaced the 2004 act.

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.

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Summary prepared by the HLBC team. Status: October 2026. This is general information, not legal advice.

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