They give 20 thousand PLN per employee. This is the last bell for applications. Who has a chance for a government subsidy?
The biggest incentive to participate in the piloting of shorter working time is a high subsidy. A company can get up to 20,000 for each employee. zloty. It is worth hurrying, because the recruitment ends in a few days. What do you need to do to receive funding?
This is one of the most interesting initiatives in recent years that both companies and their employees can benefit from. In August, the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy (MRPiPS) launched a pilot program aimed at Testing short working time in various models. Employers from all over Poland, both from the private and public sectors, can report to it.
– The pilot is to answer the question of whether and how to shorten working time while maintaining the same salary. Any employer, large, small, private or public institution can report to the program. Importantly, we do not impose one model of shortening working time-says Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, a family minister, work and social policy.
He emphasizes that employees will gain on pilot and shorter forms of work.
– We work to live – and we don't live to work. Shortening working time is a civilization step towards a greater balance between professional and private life. A rested employee is a healthier, more effective and loyal employee-adds Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk.
Who has a chance for subsidies?
Entrepreneurs who want to report to the pilot should propose – and design – original models of work organization adapted to the realities of their companies. The ministry does not suggest one solution – employers can test various models, e.g. a four -day work week, shorter business days, longer holidays or flexible work start hours.
It is now! Recruitment for piloting of short working time 🏃♂️ Employer has just started, enter our site and submit an application to test a new way of work in 2026.#Abbreviation #Tosiędzie will pic.twitter.com/auce5o8q0k
– Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy (@Mrpips_Gov__PL) August 14, 2025
How much can you get?
High funding encourages to participate in the program – the employer may receive for any employee covered by the pilot up to 20 thousand zloty. However, the company can get a total of all employees up to PLN 1 million. The order of submitting applications in the recruitment does not matter. It is worth adding that this is the first initiative of this type in Central and Eastern Europe.
What conditions should be met?
To participate in the pilot, specific criteria must be met. Here is their list:
- Running a company for at least 12 months before the date of submission of the application.
- Employing at least 75 percent employees under an employment contract, appointment, selection, appointment or cooperative employment contract.
- Covering the project at least 50 percent employees.
- Maintenance of employment at a level not lower than 90 percent. specified in the application of the initial state.
- Maintaining the remuneration of employees participating in the pilot project at a level not lower than the pilot project in force on the day of starting (throughout its duration).
- Lack of deterioration of the working conditions and pay of employees covered by the project.
Important date: September 15
This is the last bell to submit applications for subsidies in pilot. The recruitment began on August 14 and It will last only until September 15. This means that employers have only a few days to send the application.
What the application must contain
Application for the program is fully electronic. Entrepreneurs submit and send an application with the help of a special generator available on the MRPiPS website. The application should include:
- project description,
- his goals and assumptions,
- efficiency meters,
- statements about the legal and financial situation of the company, including on systematic and timely completion of surveys, non -arrears with payments for employees, lack of tax arrears and in paying social security contributions, non -arrears with paying other public tributes and the lack of civil law liabilities unregulated within the time limit.
What can subsidies be allocated to?
The company that will receive funding will be able to spend it on:
- Service costs, e.g. information and promotional activities, costs related to project service, including: coordinating, recruitment of participants, monitoring, evaluation and accounting. Importantly, service costs cannot exceed 10 percent. value of the complex project.
- Substantive costs, For example, research, analyzes or expert opinions on how to implement short working time and employee expectations in this area, trainings for employees related to the tested solution, financing the optimization and automation of key processes for the possibility of shortening working time or co -financing the remuneration of employees covered by the pilot.
The recruitment and announcement of the list of projects qualified for piloting should take place – as the recruitment organizers assure – until October 15. After the recruitment results will be published, there will be a stage of signing contracts.
What is the interest in the program?
The pilot was divided into three stages: preparatory (until the end of 2025)test (all of 2026) and the summary, which will last until May 2027. The program is financed from the Labor Fund. A total of PLN 50 million is to be allocated to its implementation by 2027.
Until September 4, the ministry was received almost 300 completely completed applications for participation in the pilot program for shortening working time, while 1.5 thousand She is in the process of submitting – the head of the family, work and social policy recently informed.
-These numbers show that there are employers in Poland who want to take advantage of this unique chance to reduce working time while maintaining remuneration-says Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk.
💬 minister @Agabak about the recruitment of applications to #Pilotage #Abbreviation @Mrpips_Gov__PL during a press conference in #Wrocław: Nearly 300 complete applications have already been submitted, and there are almost 1,500 of them during completing. The number of employers is growing day by day … pic.twitter.com/fqnmkyr9md
– Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy (@Mrpips_Gov__PL) Seppember 4, 2025
Poles support a shorter work week
Research conducted by the SWPS University indicates that Poles They are interested in introducing a shorter work week. 65 percent intend to use this option. women and 63 percent men.
Which of the available solutions for shorter working time Most supporters among Poles? He prefers the largest percentage of respondents Four -day work week in the eight -hour variant (This is what 36 percent of women and 37 % of men indicated). The second most common response among women was a five-day work week with a shortened working day up to 6-7 hours (29 %), while men pointed to a four-day working week in a 10-hour system (19 %).
More information about the program can be found on its official website.
