Silesia and Greater Poland top the infamous ranking of group layoffs. In September 2025, enterprises from these regions announced reductions of hundreds of employees – Bankier.pl determined based on data from provincial labor offices. Nearly 2,000 reductions were reported across the country. jobs.
Group layoffs are one of the key indicators of the condition of the labor market. More and more companies in Poland are announcing employment reductions, explaining them by restructuring, a decline in orders or technological changes. We checked with provincial labor offices what the scale of notifications of these reductions was in September 2025.
Half a thousand people will lose their jobs in Silesia
According to Marcin Biernat, deputy director of the Provincial Labor Office in Katowice, in September four workplaces from the region reported their intention to carry out group layoffs.
– The reductions are to cover 501 employees, mainly from the industrial processing, wholesale and retail trade sectors – says Marcin Biernat to Bankier.pl.
Many people will also lose their jobs in Greater Poland. According to data provided by Ryszard Zaczyński, deputy director of the Provincial Labor Office in Poznań, Four companies reported their intention to make collective redundancies, covering a total of 428 employees. The largest cuts – 256 positions – are planned by a company from the management consulting industry. The reductions also apply to companies in the metal products, printing and pet food production sectors.
Layoffs came from Western Pomerania and Mazovia
According to Wojciech Okupski, deputy director of the Provincial Labor Office in Szczecin, in this region, four companies reported their intention to carry out collective layoffs involving 243 employees. They concern the industries of production of workwear, chemical products, electrical equipment and wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment.
In Mazovia, however, five companies and one office announced reductions, with a total of 212 people expected to lose their jobs.
– The largest layoffs concern the District Labor Office in Radom (91 people), which is undergoing restructuring. There will now be two employment offices there: city and district. PUP employees affected by the above statistics are to transfer to MUP in the new year – Katarzyna Nowakowska, spokeswoman for the Provincial Labor Office in Warsaw, told Bankier.pl.
Masovian enterprises reducing employment include: Teufelberger Strapping, ADAL, Contec, Linklaters Poland and Prowly.com. The reductions cover the following industries: industrial processing, IT, recycling and financial and legal services.
Reductions also in the north and east of the country
Data from district labor offices show that: in September, two cases of collective layoffs involving 151 people were reported in Pomerania. One of the plants operates in the industrial sector, the other in the services sector.
However, as reported by Bankier.pl, Maciej Smolarek, press spokesman of the Provincial Labor Office in Toruń in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, two companies announced their intention to reduce jobs. A total of 128 people are expected to lose their jobs.
Meanwhile, according to data provided to Bankier.pl by Katarzyna Link, spokeswoman for the Provincial Labor Office in Lublin, two companies reported employment reductions in this region: in Radzyń Podlaski – 40 people and in Kraśnik – 79 people. The first one operates in the fruit and vegetable processing industry, and the second one produces drive elements.
In some regions the situation is better
According to information from Wojciech Krztoń, deputy director of the Voivodship Labor Office in Olsztyn, to district labor offices Two reports were received there, involving 73 people.
– The decision to dismiss 22 people was made by an employer conducting business in the field of administration and support activities. The second report regarding 51 people was received from a manufacturer from the industrial processing industry – says Wojciech Krztoń to Bankier.pl.
In turn, according to Łukasz Hudziak, deputy director of the Provincial Labor Office in Zielona Góra, two companies in this region announced their intention to lay off 50 people. They concern the furniture, trade and industrial processing industries.
However, in the Opole region, reductions were reported by one entity producing plastic products.
– He intends to dismiss 41 people – Krzysztof Duraj from the Voivodship Labor Office in Opole told Bankier.pl.
Also in the Łódź Voivodeship, one company announced mass layoffs. According to Tomasz Robaczewski from the Voivodeship Labor Office in Łódź, this is Enthalpia Europe from Sieradz, which intends to part with 37 employees. However, some of them will receive notices changing their working and pay conditions. The reason for this is the partial liquidation of the plant.
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Group layoffs in Poland – September 2025 |
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Layoffs are not planned everywhere
In September 2025, there were no reports of group layoffs in the Lower Silesia, Podlaskie and Podkarpackie voivodeships.
September data from provincial labor offices indicate that the largest reductions concern industrial regions where enterprises are struggling with energy costs, falling orders and wage pressure. Although the situation remains stable in several regions, signals from the largest centers indicate that employers are becoming increasingly cautious when planning employment.
