1. Typical activities performed by Public Employment Services including those focused on employers

2. The important legislation concerning the cooperation of PES with employers
The Act on promotion of employment and labour market institutions of 2004
and government orders
Original title: Ustawa o promocji zatrudnienia i instytucjach rynku pracy
The most important legal instrument, which regulates functioning of Public Employment Services in Poland
The Act defines the basic types of labour market services and standards
Original title: Ustawa o o rehabilitacji zawodowej i społecznej oraz zatrudnianiu osób niepełnosprawnych
The Act enables financing of PES activities for disabled persons from National Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Fund
The Act on Employment,Vocational and Social Rehabilitation of Disabled
Persons of 1997

3. The organisation of Public Employment Services in Poland
3 organisational levels
Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
16 Regional Labour Offices
341 Local Labour Offices
Independence
Labour offices report to local/regional government
They must follow some centrally-defined rules and legal standards
Financing
Respective territorial levels of government -main operational costs
Labour Fund - labour market programmes/ vocational activation
The national budget
European funds

4. Typical activities performed by PES (national and regional level)
Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
Defining goals and creating national labour market policy
Coordination of activities of Public Employment Services
Planning Labour Fund and National Budget spending for PES activities
Regional/Voivodeship Labour Offices
Creating regional labour market policy
Labour market analyses
Acting as an institution implementing part of Human Capital Operational Programme (European Social Fund)
Implementation of regional programmes
Vocational/career counselling
International emloyment services – EURES network
Coordination of social security systems

5. Typical activities performed by PES (local level)
Local Labour Offices/Job Centres
Registration of unemployed people
Paying unemployment benefits
Job placement (including EURES services)
Career counseling, guidance, vocational information
Organising of trainings, internships, short term employment
Job fairs
Cooperation with employers

6. Typical activities of PES focused on employers
Labour market services
European employment services: carried by the Voivodeship Labour Office (WUP) – Department of European Employment Services (EURES):
an offer directed to job seekers and companies seeking employees abroad
placing job vacancies on the EURES portal
access to CV database of candidates on the EURES portal
assistance in recruitment of employees from the EU/EEA countries and Switzerland
National employment services: carried by Local Labour Offices (PUP)
maintaining a register of the job seekers
maintaining of job vacancies database
PES arrange and participate in the national and international job fairs

7. Typical activities of PES focused on employers
Labour market services
Centre for Information and Career Planning
specification of predispositions required for practicing specific professions
selection of candidates for a vacancy submitted by an employer
support of career development of employees
Entrepreneurship promotion and consultation
initiating and supporting of measures to promote enterprise among the unemployed and job seekers
providing information to prospective individuals intending to set up their own business(for. example on: how and where apply for grants, how to set up the business, where to obtain non-financial support, how and where to apply for financial assistance)

8. Typical activities of PES focused on employers
Internships
acquisition of practical skills at a workplace
duration of max 12 months
employer does not incur the cost of remuneration
during internship Local Labour Office pays a scholarship
Refunding the costs of the working place equipment
the working place must be created for an unemployed person directed by Local Labour Office
the amount for 1 working place can not exceed 600% of average remuneration (about 5 thousands EUR)
total period of full-time employment in a given position – at least 24 months

9. Typical activities of PES focused on employers
Intervention works
employment of persons in particularly difficult situation on labour market
employment period up to 6 months – each month employer receives a refund of a part of remuneration (max. amount – about 230 EUR/ month ) or
employment period up to 12 months – each 2 months employer receives a refund of a part of remuneration (max. amount – about 380 EUR)
Refunding the social insurance costs
refunding the expenses of social insurance of a person directed to work by Local Labour Office
a one-time refund
unemployed person has to be employed for at least 12 months
on full time
amount up to 1100 EUR

10. Typical activities of PES focused on employers
Training courses for unemployed
training of the unemployed person according to the employer’s needs for specific qualifications
at the request of the employer
the employer guarantees the employment after completing the training course
Training courses for employees
at the request of the employer
refunding up to 50% of the costs of the training but
(maximum 870 EUR/ per person)
if the training is intended for people over the age of 45 – the refund up to 80%,
(maximum EUR/ per person)
the employer guarantees the employment at least 12 months after the course

11. Typical activities of PES focused on employers
Group redundancy monitoring
concerns planned dismissals of more than 50 people within 3 months for reasons related to the employer (so-called group redundancy)
employer shall notify this fact to the labour office
labour office establishes with the employer forms of aid for dismissed employees
Incentives for entrepreneurs employing people over the age of 50
employer providing employment to a person over 50, who was registered for minimum 30 days as an unemployed, does not pay for this person fees for the Labour Fund and Employee’s Guaranteed Benefits Fund
employer providing employment to women over 55 and men over 60 does not pay for these people fees for the Labour Fund and Employee’s Guaranteed Benefits Fund

12. Thank you for your attention
Anna Mielecka, regional programmes specialist
Barbara Szymańska, project coordinator