In 2023 inspectors carried out 1,270 first inspections, examining the legality of employment and other forms of remunerated work of 7,100 Polish citizens. Irregularities were found in almost 40% of these inspections. They included:

• illegal provision of labour – 540 of people inspected were working illegally
• social insurance declarations for employees (345 inspections) and of persons under civil-law contracts (195 inspections)
• Labour Fund – the largest number of irregularities involved punctual payment of contributions to the Labour Fund (280 inspections)
• failure to confirm in writing the type and terms and conditions of the employment contract or confirming them only after work had begun (78 inspections)
• unemployed persons failing to notify the appropriate district labour office about starting employment, other remunerated work or business activity, or irregularities in this area (19 cases).

In addition, problems were found with non-payment or underpayment of a cash equivalent for untaken annual leave (38% of employers inspected) and payment of overtime pay (30% of employers inspected). Almost 16% of employers had problems with paying remuneration on time.

As a result of measures that were taken, employees and workers received outstanding benefits totalling PLN 499,900.

In 2023 42,205 civil-law contracts were inspected. Inspectors challenged 1,903 contracts that had been concluded under conditions suggesting a relationship of employment (4.5% of inspected civil-law contracts).

The details presented and the report’s conclusions show that State Labour Inspectorate is planning to continue its strategy of first inspections (and, if necessary, follow-up investigations). Therefore, it is worth taking the time now to review whether our employing establishment has any of the irregularities that SLI pointed out in its report.

Detailed statistics and conclusions are to be found in the report itself (only in Polish).