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On 17 April, the Sejm passed the amendment to the Act on the ICT System for Administering Certain Contracts.
The government’s e-Contracts (eUmowy) system has operating since January of this year. It enables selected employment-related contracts to be administered and concluded electronically, using ready-made templates. Currently, only certain entities may use it: individuals, farmers, micro-entrepreneurs and organisations with up to nine staff.
Latest Statistics Poland (GUS) data (published on 14 April 2026), shows that over one million foreigners (1,139,400) were working in Poland at the end of October 2025. Their share of the total active labour force in Poland was therefore 6.9%. This represents a 7.1% increase in foreigners working in Poland (compared to a year earlier).
Amendments to the Act on Cash Benefits from Social Insurance in the Event of Sickness and Maternity entered into force on 13 April. The amendment clarifies previous interpretative doubts and strengthens the system for monitoring sick leave. Below we discuss the most important changes.
On 27 March 2026, a draft regulation was published on the RCL website concerning countries whose citizens holding a work permit are not entitled to work whilst staying in Poland under the visa-free regime.
From April 13, 2026, employers of fewer than 20 insured employees will also gain the right to monitor proper use of medical leave. Previously, that right was reserved for larger employers.
The latest report by Conperio shows that in 2025 almost one-third of the sick leave certificates that were inspected were being used improperly. Out of over 33,300 that were checked as many as 33%of them revealed irregularities.