Employers will be able to verify job applicants’ and employees’ degree certificates
On 6 November 2026, the Sejm, Poland’s lower house of parliament, passed an amendment to the Law on Higher Education and Science that would allow employers to verify the information on paper degree certificates held by job applicants and employees.
The legislation envisages:
- the right to request higher education institutions to confirm the information on a degree certificate/diploma where the employer has legitimate reservations as regardsto its accuracy. The request will require justification;
- a requirement for employers to carry out a preliminary check that a degree certificate has the required security features before contacting the institution. This applies to degree certificates issued after 12 July 2019;
- a processing fee of 0.5% of the average salary in the third quarter of the preceding year, rounded up to the nearest whole złoty;
- that requests and correspondence with the institution be handled exclusively electronically. The institution is obliged to respond without undue delay and no later than 30 days after receiving a complete request.
The legislation still needs to be considered by the Senate and signed by the President. The new provisions are due to take effect 30 days after publication.
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