From 1 January 2025 year the minimum pay increased to level 4666 zl gross, which means an increase by 366 zl gross for employees earning the lowest remuneration. This is related to dynamic increases
in employee costs. 
Read more
Minimum wage 2025 in up. What rates?
– Mathematics is unrelenting. The condition of many entrepreneurs, especially in trade, industry or in the service sector is dependent on costs of employees. Year to year we have recorded a consecutive, significant increase in minimum wage. Today in Poland a salary costs an employer minimum 5600 PLN. Exactly 5621 zł costs the employer a full-time employee, even if that receives net slightly over 3500 zł – says Hanna Mojsiuk, president of Northern Izba Business in Szecin.
– January is the month, when the most companies close. Most restructures and revindications are always in December and January – comments President of Group Averto wincollector Malgorzata Marczulewska.
Higher costs of employers will be transferred to consumers
Entrepreneurs have been noting for many months that the system increases the minimum pay requires large corrections. The first change that we requested was the cancellation of the increase in minimum wage two times in the year. This postulate has been accepted by governors, a which entrepreneurs are grateful.
The second postulate is a jump increase in minimum wage year to year. In year 2025 that is 366 zl gross, which means actually keeping the pace of increasing wages turned to completely non-market speed for time government Law and Justice.
– Government does not consult with entrepreneurs about how fast the increase in minimum wage is occurring. We have to deal with employee costs, which have increased to unusual sizes. Sometimes we forget, that the minimum pay due to the numerous contributions costs the employer much more than actually takes to the employee. In this year the real charge to the employer for each etc is a minimum 5621 £, which means, that the monthly cost of one etc.Grows by at 440 zl on the scale month. For the SME, services, catering, hospitality, but and for the public sector these are large burdens, which will sooner or later be also feeling for customers and consumers – admits Hanna Mojsiuk, president of Northern Izba Economic in Szecin.
– The employee is a fixed element in the costs of the enterprise and along with it influences the GDP of a country. If we continue to burden enterprises with increasing employment costs firms will have to transfer their services and products. This starts a chain reaction. We must find other solutions – remarks Kamil Pyclik, president of Swinoujski branch of Northern Czeb in Szecin.
The first quarter will be difficult: “More bankruptcies and vindications in small firms”
Experts of the labor market have no doubt, that 2025 year will be a time when pay will increase not only for workers at the lowest level, but also for those who have hitherto earned “average” wages, and will prevent the situation that their pay is equal to the minimum wage. The wages are also increasing in industry and in the IT sector. Rising also are prices for medical, transportation, construction or based on craft work.
– Minimum wage year to year increased by al 8%, which is a challenge for enterprises employing workers with low qualifications. In the context of economic uncertainty and inflation such large increases in minimum wages affect the wage structure and reduced motivation of employees. The most perceptible increase in minimum pay is seen in sectors based on so-called “blue collar” employees, that is for example. sector warehouse, trade, services lower level – adds Maria Skowronska, expert market employment LSJ HR Group.
The end of the year and the beginning are also an intensive time in the context of restructuring and vindication.
– In December we review usually unpaid invoices and report to debt collectors, to attempt to recover money. In Iquarterofthenewyearwehavetocontendwiththeoptimizationofcostsandoftentheliquidationofcompanies.EntrepreneursseeincreasesincostsandifthenewyeardoesnotprospectofmanagingthesituationthenitusuallyIquarteristhetimeofdecidingtoclosethe business.Alreadythisisvisiblefor exampleinthecaseofthetradesectorandserviceandgastronomy-reiteratescreditorMalgorzataMarczulewska.