- 2d ago
Poland proposes 4950 PLN monthly minimum wage for 2027 following social dialogue deadlock
A draft government regulation sets Poland's 2027 minimum gross wage at 4950 PLN monthly and 32.30 PLN hourly, adding 3.2 billion PLN in corporate labour costs.
- Jul 27
Polish coalition split over retirement age: minister calls childless-women plan 'cruel'
Family Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk declared that as long as the Left remains in government, there will be no raising of the retirement age for anyone, after a coalition partner suggested childless women should work longer.
- Jul 1
Tusk names Liwiusz Laska as ZUS president after first-ever staff strike
Prime Minister Donald Tusk appointed Liwiusz Laska as the new president of Poland's Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) on 1 July, replacing Zbigniew Derdziuk, who stepped down due to a serious illness. The change comes weeks after the first warning strike in the institution's history.
- May 26
Poland's Supreme Court in Turmoil: Presidential Appointment of Kapiński Sparks Legal and Political Firestorm
President Karol Nawrocki's appointment of Zbigniew Kapiński as First President of the Supreme Court has triggered a constitutional crisis, with the court's Lay Judges' Council declaring him a 'usurper' and a bitter dispute erupting within Poland's right-wing coalition.
