The Polish market is increasingly open to workers from outside the European Union. Polish employers value their skills (e.g. in the IT sector), but often do not know where to start when it comes to hiring foreigners. As a result, it can take months or even years to complete all the formalities. At MILEWSKA Legal, we help employers with the formalities related to employing foreign nationals.
Polish employers sometimes wonder whether, when employing citizens of other EU countries, they are obliged to fulfill formalities related to permits before hiring them. There are no such requirements – hiring a foreigner from an EU country has in principle no difference from hiring a Polish citizen.
Therefore, we help employers who intend to hire a citizen of another EU country in particular by the following means:
In order to reside and work legally in Poland, a foreigner from a non-EU country must have both a legal residence permit and an appropriate, valid work permit. While the application for a residence permit (i.e. the legalization of the stay only) is submitted by the foreigner himself/herself, the application for a work permit is completed and submitted by the employer who intends to employ the foreigner.
We help employers who intend to employ a foreigner who is about to come to Poland:
A foreigner residing already in Poland is likely to already have a legal residence permit in the country. In this case, it is the employer’s responsibility to complete and submit an application for a work permit (if the employee does not have a single permit, which includes both a residence permit and a work permit).
We help employers who intend to employ a foreigner already living in Poland with:
Due to changing regulations regarding the employment of Ukrainian citizens, the key element is the status of the potential employee (including whether he/she is already in Poland and when he/she entered Polish territory). Only then can we determine whether or not he or she is subject to the facilitated procedure for obtaining a work permit.
We help employers who intend to recruit foreign nationals from Ukraine with:
