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Poland: Time off for job search
Phase
Act of 26.06.1974 - Labour Code
Native name
Ustawa z dnia 26.06.1974 - Kodeks Pracy
Type
Time off for job search
Added to database
08 May 2015
Article
37
Description
Upon termination of an employment contract by the employer with a notice period of at least two weeks, the employee is entitled to time off for the purpose of seeking other employment. Remuneration for this time remains unaffected.
Employees will be entitled to two days off if their notice period is between two weeks and one month, and to three days off if the notice period is three months, also in case of redundancy due to bankruptcy of employer. Employees do not need to prove what kind of activity they perform during this time.
Commentary
No information available.
Additional metadata
Cost covered by
Employer
Involved actors other than national government
National government
Involvement (others)
None
Thresholds
Affected employees: No, applicable in all circumstances Company size: No, applicable in all circumstances Additional information: No, applicable in all circumstances
Sources
Ius Laboris (2011), Individual Dismissals Across Europe, Brussels
Eurofound (2015), Poland: Time off for job search, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin,
https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/time-off-for-job-search/poland
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