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COUNTRY TRADING PROFILES
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Labour market
The active population in figures |
Working conditions |
Cost of labor |
Social partners
The active population in figures
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2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 (e) | 2013 (e) |
| Labor force |
- | 17,000,000 | - | - | - |
| Rate of activity (%) |
- | 53.7 | - | - | - |
| Unemployment rate (%) |
8.2 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.0 |
Source:
CIA - The world factbook
; UN - United Nations
; World Bank
Note: (e) Estimated data
Working conditions
- Legal weekly duration
- 42 hours
- Retirement age
- 60 for women and 65 for men.
- Working contracts
- Legal measures govern work contracts; collective agreements and individual negotiation complete them, but to a lesser extent.
The formality of work contracts and the conditions of hiring and dismissal are extremely rigid.
Cost of labor
- Minimum wage
- 201 euros
- Average wage
- Average monthly gross earnings in Poland is PLN 3,200 (EUR 727).
- Social contributions
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Social security contributions paid by employers: 17.62%
Social security contributions paid by employees: 18.45%
Social partners
- Social dialogue and involvement of social partners
- There are
a few unions: the free independent union of Poland (NSZZ), the alliance
of all Polish unions (OPZZ) and the Polish union of teachers (ZNP).
- Unions
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- Labor regulation bodies
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Ministry of labor and social policy
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Last updates: February 2012
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