Facts and figures

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Facts and figures

• As you can see Mr. Normalsky needs to register
  and to obtain only a fiscal number Tax
  Identification Number (NIP 3 Form) in the revenue
  department and there is no need to register in
  social security department by Mr. Normalsky.
• Moreover, an employer is obliged to deduct, the
  tax payable on an employees salary on a monthly
  basis.
• Next, after the whole year Mr. Normalsky has to
  fill a tax statement (called PIT form) and reckon
  up to 30th of April. After a year everybody works
  on his or her tax statements, which is not a big
  pleasure.
• But earlier, until 28th of February an employer
  will give Mr. Normalsky to tax declaration PIT
  11/8b for last year, then Mr. Normalsky can
  calculate his tax.
• If Mr. Normalsky has no more earnings or profits
  in the whole year, his employer can get the
  statement ready for him and calculate his tax,
  but Mr. Normalsky has to say this his employer up
  to 10th of January.

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Facts and figures

• We have 3 tax levels
• 19 if you earn up to 43 450 PLN
• 30 43405 up to 85 528 PLN
• 40 more than 85 528 PLN
• 1 PLN approx 2 DKK
• There is also tax free amount up to 3 013,37
  PLN
• When it comes to costs of social security, they
  are quite high and they are paid by both employer
  and employee.

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Facts and figures

• Social insurance contributions.
• An Employee pays
• Retirement pension contribution 9,76
• Pension contribution 6,5
• Sickness contribution 2,45
• Health contribution (1) 7,75
• Health contribution (2) 0,75
• An Employer pays
• Retirement pension contribution 9,76
• Pension contribution 6,5
• Injury (accident) contribution 0,97 3,86
• Guaranteed Employee Benefits Fund contribution
  0,15
• Labour Fund contribution 2,45

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Facts and figures

• There are four basic types of contracts
• employment contract
• contract of mandate
• specific task contract
• self employment (working only one contractor)
• The common one is employment contract, the cost
  of which is the highest for employers but which
  is most desired by employees.
• Example
• Gross brutto 2880,81 net 1936,05, total costs
  for employer 3474,54
• When it comes to salaries, the official average
  salary is 2880,81 PLN (762,38 ), although the
  salary of 2000 PLN dominates. The unqualified
  earn minimal gross wage of 936 PLN.

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Labour market unemployment rate

• At the moment the unemployment rate is the lowest
  since 2000 12 (end of August 2007), that means
  1.8 mln people. It is still a lot.

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Work market surpluses shortages

• In the area of surpluses and shortages in our
  labour market the situation is complicated. Let
  me explain it on the example of bricklayers. We
  have 100 vacancies and 300 unemployed bricklayers
  who work in black market because of high costs of
  employment. The same refers to cooks, carpenters,
  shop assistants, drivers. There are also people
  with paper qualifications but no skills, as they
  havent worked for a long time.
• Shortages in Poland are more or less like in GB
  and Ireland, but our problem is bigger because
  our workers went there. Sometimes we have more
  vacancies a year than the unemployed.

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Characteristic of Polish labour market (surpluses
shortages)

• Professions most often looked for by employers in
  labour offices in Poland
• shop assistant/seller/salesman
• office worker
• building worker (rough form and finishing works)
• driver (especially lorry driver)
• joiner and cabinet-maker
• sales representative
• locksmith
• milling machine operator
• welder
• bricklayer

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Characteristic of Polish labour market (surpluses
shortages)

• Largest group of registered unemployed by
  professions
• seller
• economic assistant
• tailor
• cook
• locksmith
• office worker
• worker (assistant)
• seamstress
• cleaning person
• bricklayer
• Number of unemployed is decreasing in each
  profession.

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Summary - problems

• remaining unemployed have problem with
• lack of motivations
• no command of foreign languages
• low utility of qualifications
• hopelessness
• Feeling of exterior control doesnt allow people
  to be resourceful

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How to find a job

• Finding a job in Poland now is quite easy,
  depending on your qualifications. All you have to
  do is get a newspaper a call employers offering
  jobs in the adds. Next your CV and go to a job
  interview. The chance of getting the job is
  8020, sometimes even better, e.g. in big
  shopping center it is enough to walk around and
  get more than 100 job offers.
• The real problem is not unemployment, but
  underpayment, so people look for jobs abroad.
  Unfortunately they do not know foreign languages.
• You can also use PES to find a job but its offer
  is less attractive because no employer looks for
  a good specialist in a labour office now. The
  good ones have too much work.
• EURES jobs offers are not only for unemployed
  every person can use its.

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How to find a job (when it comes to details)

• Local labour offices (located in every 330
  poviats (counties)
• National newspapers (e.g. Gazeta Wyborcza) and
  local newspapers
• By the Internet
• http//www.praca.gov.pl
• http//www.eures.praca.gov.pl/
• http//praca.gazeta.pl
• http//praca.gratka.pl/
• http//pracuj.pl/
• http//www.jobs.pl/
• http//www.jobpilot.pl

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Structure of EURES in Poland
EURES Assistants
In Poland each EURES Adviser is responsible for
collecting up-to-date information on living and
working conditions in selected EAA country.There
isnt direct dependence between regional and
local labour offices. We cooperate only with
temporary job agencies, after signing the
statement.
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• The Statement

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