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Payroll in Poland
Payroll in Poland runs in PLN on a monthly, with salary generally paid by the 10th of the following month cycle, with statutory employer contributions and no statutory 13th or 14th month salary is mandated for private-sector employees under the labour code. Gracemark operates it end-to-end, humans, not tickets.
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.
Deeper guide
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