2025-10-08 15:27
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2025-10-08 15:27
From January to September, employers announced their intention to apply group layoffs to 89,500 people. employees – informed the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy. According to the ministry, a large part of the announcements covered Poczta Polska, and the statistics do not reflect the situation on the entire labor market.
As the ministry announced in a statement on Wednesday, in September 28 workplaces reported their intention to collectively lay off 2,000 people. people, which means a decrease of 44.9%. compared to September 2024. Most reports came from the Silesian (24.8%), Greater Poland (21.2%) and West Pomeranian (12%) voivodeships.
“In the period January – September 2025, employers announced their intention to apply group layoffs to 89.5 thousand employees,” the ministry said.
65 percent The reports concerned notices changing working conditions or pay, not permanent layoffs. The ministry also noted that a large part of the announcements of group layoffs covered Poczta Polska, “which significantly influenced the overall statistics and does not reflect the situation of the entire labor market.”
According to the ministry, despite the announcement of collective layoffs, in some sectors of the economy Poland maintains a strong position compared to the EU in terms of the condition of the labor market.
The ministry reminded that, according to Eurostat data, Poland is on the podium among the EU countries with the lowest unemployment rate – together with the Czech Republic, behind Malta and Slovenia. According to the data, in August this year the unemployment rate in Poland was 3.2 percent.
“Changes in the employment conditions of employees are the result of, among others, reduction of production as a result of changes in the economic environment, restructuring of workplaces (e.g. at PKP Cargo or Poczta Polska), implementation of automation (e.g. in banks, financial institutions), robotization (in production plants), or liquidation of branches of foreign companies due to the need to optimize business activity,” we read in the information.
According to the ministry, processes such as automation, robotization and restructuring are a reaction to global economic changes and a step towards a modern economy. He also pointed out that transformations in the long term may lead to the creation of new jobs requiring higher qualifications and digital competences.
“The largest layoffs are reported in large agglomerations (Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź), but this is where there are the most job offers and it is relatively easier to find new employment.. Despite temporary difficulties in individual industries, the situation on local labor markets remains stable,” the ministry assured.
According to data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, the estimated registered unemployment rate in September was 5.6 percent, 0.1 percentage point higher. more than in August.(PAP)
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