What is the payroll cycle in Poland?

Monthly, with salary generally paid by the 10th of the following month. Payroll is paid in PLN (Polish złoty).

Can I run payroll in Poland without a local entity?

Yes. Through an Employer of Record (EOR), Gracemark employs your talent under Poland labor law and runs local payroll, no entity required.

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Payroll in Poland

Payroll in Poland runs in PLN (Polish złoty). Monthly, with salary generally paid by the 10th of the following month. No statutory 13th or 14th month salary is mandated for private-sector employees under the Labour Code. Statutory employer contributions apply. Gracemark operates it end-to-end, humans, not tickets.

Get a Poland payroll quote Paying an existing team there? Tell us the headcount, email or phone is enough.

Currency

PLN, Polish złoty

Payroll cycle

Monthly, with salary generally paid by the 10th of the following month

Working week

Ordinary maximum of 40 hours per week and 8 hours per day; overtime is capped at 150 hours per year by default and paid at a 50% to 100% premium or compensated with time off

Minimum wage

A statutory minimum applies in Poland and is reset periodically. We confirm the figure in force on your start date.

13th-month

No statutory 13th or 14th month salary is mandated for private-sector employees under the Labour Code

Employer cost

Employer social security and labour fund contributions typically add roughly 19% to 22% on top of gross salary; the exact rate varies with accident-insurance risk class

Probation

Trial-period contracts are capped at 3 months under the Labour Code, with length tied to the intended duration of the following fixed-term contract

Notice period

Notice depends on tenure and ranges from 2 weeks to 3 months; statutory severance applies mainly in collective redundancies or employer-attributable dismissals, scaled from 1 to 3 months' pay by tenure

Two ways to run payroll in Poland

Own-entity payroll

For long-term presence in Poland. Gracemark manages statutory filings, pay runs, and year-end reporting under your entity, with a named operator on Central Europe time.

EOR-run payroll

No entity in Poland? Employ and pay talent under Gracemark's local infrastructure via EOR, onboard in 1–2 weeks (eor), no local incorporation.

Compliance essentials in Poland

Large, cost-effective engineering and shared-services talent pool
B2B contractor arrangements are very common and tax-driven
Leave entitlement depends on total career length (20 or 26 days)
ZUS social contributions are the main employer cost
Strong nearshore option for Western Europe

Get a payroll quote for Poland

Send your headcount and salary band. We reply with employer burden, net-to-gross, and setup timeline, no sales scripts.

Get your Poland hiring plan

Send the role, a selected worker or an existing-team requirement in Poland. Get a written recommendation covering the model, cost categories, responsibilities and next steps. One hire is welcome; no meeting required.

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