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Planned group layoffs apply to about 74.5 thousand people – the labor department has donated. He added that one employer is responsible for 86 percent of applications. – This is a topic that raises emotions – said in an interview with TVN24+ Andrzej Kubisiak, deputy director of the Polish Economic Institute. He also explained what impact group dismissals have on the labor market.
Filip Kaczyński (PIS) in the parliamentary interpellation “On unprecedented collapse on the labor market, “he drew attention to the data on group layoffs in Poland.
“According to the latest data, 2024 brought an unprecedented increase in group layoffs, which affected tens of thousands of employees and their families. The number of announced group layoffs increased by alarming 20 percent compared to the previous year, covering over 37,000 employees. Even more disturbing, actual employment reductions affected 27,000 people, which is a drastic increase in 60 percent compared to 2023. The scale and rate of dismissals indicate a deeper crisis on the Polish labor market. Poland has not been in such a crisis for over a decade, “wrote MP Kaczyński.
Group layoffs. 86 percent from one employer
We contacted the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy in this matter. The ministry reported that as of March 31, 2025, the Poviat Labor Offices received information about planned group dismissals, which may cover about 74.5 thousand people – about 59,000 from the public sector and less than 16 thousand from private.