Central
The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy is responsible for:
The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development is responsible for:
- Implementing national and international activities financed by structural funds, state budget and long-term programmes of the EU;
- Creating and implementing state policy on entrepreneurship, innovativeness, and human resources adaptation.
Regional
Regions
The voivodes (representatives of the government in the regions) are responsible for:
- Supervising the implementation of labour market policy by the regional and county authorities, regional labour offices (Wojewódzkie Urzędy Pracy – WUP), and country labour offices (Powiatowe Urzędy Pracy – PUP);
- Organising and financing trainings for employees of the regional labour offices and country labour offices;
- Issuing work permits for foreign workers; and
- Carrying out high-level administration.
The voivodship marshal is responsible for:
- Issuing validation certificates for job placement services, personal advice, vocational guidance, and temporary employment agencies.
Regional labour offices (wojewódzkie urzędy pracy – WUP) execute tasks in the field of employment policy in the regions; their responsibilities are:
- Shaping and coordinating the regional labour market and human resources development policies with reference to the national labour market policy by way of regional action plans for employment;
- Performing tasks relating to the right of free movement of workers between Member States and EURES;
- Maintaining a register of private employment agencies;
- Undertaking research and analyses of the labour market;
- Programming and executing tasks co‑financed by the ESF;
- Initiating and implementing regional programmes, with a view to promoting employment;
- Developing, updating and disseminating professional information, research and analysis;
- Supporting country labour offices in delivering vocational guidance and disseminating updated vocational information;
- Providing information about the opportunities provided by labour offices; and
- Cooperating with academic career offices (Akademickie Biuro Karier) to develop, updated, and disseminate professional information.
County labour offices (powiatowe urzęd pracy – PUP) execute tasks in the field of employment policy in the counties, their main responsibilities are among others:
- Developing and implementing a program for the promotion of employment and activation of the local labour market;
- Assisting the unemployed and job seekers in finding a job by way of job placement and vocational guidance;
- Assisting employers in finding employees by way of job placement, vocational guidance, and financing of lifelong learning;
- Developing and implementing individual action plans
- Maintaining records of the unemployed and job seekers;
- Granting and paying out unemployment benefits;
- Performing relevant tasks for coordinating social security systems;
- Delegating workers to employment schemes;
- Organising and financing vocational trainings for adults;
- Organising and financing trainings for the employees of county labour offices;
- Performing tasks related to the free movement of workers in the EU (i.e. those relating to the EURES network and cross-border partnerships);
- Cooperating with regional labour offices to provide basic services in the labour market (such as updated vocational information);
- Implementing regional programmes in agreement with regional labour offices;
- Assessing the market situation;
- Cooperating with municipalities.
Regional labour offices and county labour offices execute different ranges of tasks, and there is no hierarchy between them.
Local
Local authorities are responsible for:
Responsible ministries/bodies
Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy
Polish Agency for Enterprise Development
Voivodes
Regional (voivodship) authorities
Regional labour offices
County Labour Offices County (powiat)
Local authorities (Gmina)
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