Labour Law and Employment in Poland
There are two most common ways of doing work in Poland: on the basis of an employment contract and on the basis of civil law agreements. Only people working in workplace arrangements are subject to the provisions of the Polish Labor Code and other acts pertaining to labour law. Legally, persons doing work under civil law arrangements are not deemed to be workers.
An employee undertakes, by forming an employment arrangement, to perform work of a specified kind for the benefit of and under the direction of an employer, in a position and at a period specified by the employer. Around the same time, in exchange for remuneration, the company undertakes to hire the employee. It should be stressed that work is known as employment on the basis of an employment arrangement under the terms referred to above, irrespective of the name of the contract signed between the parties.
Job contracts cannot be replaced by civil contracts where the performance of the above-mentioned working standards remains unchanged.
