New facilitations for foreigners in the Polish labor market

Published 2026-10-14

The Polish government is planning to introduce significant changes to the regulations concerning the employment of foreigners. The main goal of the new regulations is to create a single, transparent list of facilitations intended to help employers with a faster and more efficient process for legalizing the residence and work of people arriving from abroad.

Currently, the work permit system in Poland is often criticized for excessive bureaucracy and long waiting times for official decisions. The new proposal aims to simplify these procedures, which is particularly important in the face of the growing demand for workers in many sectors of the Polish economy, such as construction, logistics, and services.

Experts point out that gathering all the facilitations into one document will allow for better orientation for both entrepreneurs and the foreigners themselves. Thanks to this, the process of recruiting employees from outside the European Union will become more predictable and less burdened by formalities, which could significantly impact the growth of companies operating in Poland.

The draft of the changes is currently being analyzed by the relevant ministries. If the new regulations come into force, they will serve as a response to the demographic challenges that our country is facing. It is expected that the unification of the rules will help fill staffing gaps and contribute to stabilizing the situation in the domestic labor market in the coming months.

Sources: EY

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