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Pay transparency in Poland
What the EU Pay Transparency Directive means for employers in Poland, based on its national transposition — status, thresholds, the joint-assessment trigger, and where to file.
Partial transposition. Recruitment-stage rules — disclosure of the initial pay or pay range to candidates and a ban on asking about pay history — are in force from 24 December 2025 (Ustawa z dnia 4 czerwca 2025 r., Dz.U. 2025 poz. 807). A second Act of 19 June 2026 (Dz.U. 2026 poz. 1046, in force 5 November 2026) shifts the burden of proof in equal-treatment proceedings but imposes no reporting duty. No pay-gap reporting or joint-assessment obligation has been enacted, and no such bill is before the Sejm; the draft is at the government-drafting stage, whose text is not on a source we may read. Neither Act declares itself a transposition of Directive 2023/970.
Poland has partially brought the directive into force. Some obligations already apply while others are still being enacted, so check the national text for what is live today.
Reporting duties apply by employer size: 150 or more employees, from 2027 · Every three years (anticipated); 250 or more employees, from 2027 · Annual (anticipated); 100 or more employees, from 2031 · Every three years (anticipated). The directive's 5% trigger for a joint pay assessment applies until national law sets its own.
We have not yet confirmed from the national text whether the pay-gap figures must be published. Either way, the underlying work is the same: establish work of equal value through gender-neutral job evaluation, produce the statutory pay-gap report in the national format, and run a joint assessment where the gap is too wide.
Obligations at a glance
| Reporting threshold |
|
|---|---|
| Joint pay assessment | — |
| Public publication | Not yet confirmed |
| Competent authority | Państwowa Inspekcja Pracy (PIP) |
Frequently asked
Is the EU Pay Transparency Directive in force in Poland?
Poland has partially brought the directive into force. Some obligations already apply while others are still being enacted, so check the national text for what is live today.
Which employers have to report in Poland?
Reporting duties apply by employer size: 150 or more employees, from 2027 · Every three years (anticipated); 250 or more employees, from 2027 · Annual (anticipated); 100 or more employees, from 2031 · Every three years (anticipated).
What triggers a joint pay assessment in Poland?
The directive's 5% trigger for a joint pay assessment applies until national law sets its own.
This guide summarises publicly available information for orientation only. It is not legal advice — confirm every figure against Poland's own transposition text before relying on it.