Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Poland
Poland: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts was 1.62 0-6 scale in 2025. ▲ Rising
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Poland, 1990–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in 0-6 scale.
Analysis
In 2025, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Poland stood at 1.62 0-6 scale. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Poland peaked at 1.62 0-6 scale in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.125 0-6 scale, in 2003.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Poland, year by year
| Year | 0-6 scale | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.625 0-6 scale | — |
| 1991 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.125 0-6 scale | -80.0% |
| 2004 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +1200.0% |
| 2005 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1.62 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.625 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.18 0-6 scale | 0.125 0-6 scale | 1.62 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.62 0-6 scale | 1.62 0-6 scale | 1.62 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.62 0-6 scale | 1.62 0-6 scale | 1.62 0-6 scale | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Poland?
- Strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Poland was 1.62 0-6 scale in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.62 0-6 scale in 2004.
- What is the lowest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.125 0-6 scale in 2003.
- How does Poland rank for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Poland ranks 3rd out of 7 groups with data for 2025.
- Is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD indicators of employment protection are synthetic indicators of the strictness of regulation on dismissals and the use of temporary contracts. For each year, indicators refer to regulation in force on the 1st of January. For more information and full methodology, see OECD Indicators of Employment Protection webpage Last data update: May 2022 OECD statistics contact: ELS.Contact@oecd.org