- Phase
- Act of 26.06.1974 - Labour Code
- Native name
- Ustawa z dnia 26.06.1974 - Kodeks Pracy
- Type
- Notice period to employees
- Added to database
- 08 May 2015
Description
The notice period for terminating all types of employment contracts (permanent, fixed-term, probationary) depends on the employee's length of service with the employer.
Two weeks' notice is required if the employee has been employed for less than six months, and one month's notice if the employee has been employed for at least six months. If the employee has been employed for at least three years, three months' notice should be given.
The probationary contract can be for a maximum of three months. Another probationary contract can only be signed with the same employee:
- if it concerns another job,
- after 3 years.
The probationary contract can be terminated with a notice period of
- 3 working days if the probationary period does not exceed 2 weeks;
- 1 week if the probationary period is longer than 2 weeks;
- 2 weeks if the probationary period is 3 months.
In the case of collective dismissal, the notice period is the same. The notice period can be extended in the employment contract or collective agreement, but in an asymmetrical way, i.e. it can only be extended for situations where the contract is terminated by the employer and not by the employee.
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Poland: Notice period to employees, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin,
https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/notice-period-to-employees/poland