As every month, we have prepared for you a summary of the latest reports and key information on the labor market and labor law in Poland.

In the January edition of MONITOR.HR, among others:

• HR TECH CHANGER 2025 Report
  In employment agencies, the percentage of specialists using HR Tech tools exceeds 98%. In internal HR departments, the situation looks decidedly worse.

• "Employers’ Plans 2026" – Randstad Polska
  39% of companies plan salary increases, while 52% intend to keep wages unchanged.

• ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Barometer
  36% of employers plan new recruitment in Q1 2026.

• Trends Report 2026 – Devire
  If employees could choose their work model independently, only one in ten (10%) would opt for exclusively on-site work.

• Trenkwalder Polska Report "Employers’ Challenges. Strategies for Building Employee Loyalty"
  76% of employers consider rising labor costs to be a major or very major challenge.

• Gi Group Holding – "Wages of Blue-Collar Workers in Manufacturing and Logistics"
  In industrial processing, wage dynamics amounted to +8% year-on-year.

• TIKROW Temporary Work Index
  25% of Poles declare a willingness to take up temporary work.

• Hays – Salary Report 2026
  47% of employers still expect recruitment difficulties.

MONITOR.HR JANUARY 2025