Conducted in terms: 2024L, 2025L

Erasmus code: 14.0

ISCED code: 0310

ECTS credits: 4

Language: Polish

Organized by: Faculty of Political Science and International Studies

Public and private labour market institutions 2103-ORP-L-D2PNPR

Employment policy, labour market policy – introduction.
Labour market – concepts. Transformations of the labour market in Poland: labour market and political transformation. Legal provisions regarding unemployed people. The essence and consequences of unemployment.
The system of public employment services in Poland - history, legal basis for the functioning of employment services, financing, employees.
Labour market institutions. Public employment services.
Regional Labour Offices.
Organization of the Local (Poviat) Labour Office.
Volunteer Labour Corps.
Employment agencies.
Training institutions.
Labour Market Councils.
Other institutions operating in the labour market area.
Vocational Activity Facilities.
Social cooperatives.

Term 2024L:

Classes 1
Introduction to the subject matter. Presentation of the conditions for passing the course.

Class 2
Employment policy, labour market policy – introduction.
Labor market – concepts. Transformations of the labour market in Poland: labor market and political transformation.

Class 3
The system of public employment services in Poland - history, legal basis for the functioning of employment services, financing, employees.

Class 4
Legal provisions regarding unemployed people. The essence and consequences of unemployment. Unemployment benefits.

Class 5
Labour market institutions. Public employment services. Regional Labour Offices. Organization of the Local (Poviat) Labour Office.

Class 6
Registration at the employment office. Required documents. Rights and obligations of the unemployed and job seekers. Labour market services and instruments.

Class 7
Selected labour market instruments.
• Intervention works,
• Public Works,
• Socially useful work,
• Internship,
• Training,
• Vouchers – for employment, internship, settlement, training,
• Starting a business.
Films about career counseling: https://www.ore.edu.pl/2017/02/filmy/

Class 8
Online activities of public employment services.

Portal of the Information and Consultation Center of Employment Services "Zielona Linia". It is a virtual, modern office - available to everyone, at any time. It includes a wide range of communication channels: telephone, e-mail, via social networking sites and in the form of a chat with a consultant.

https://zielonalinia.gov.pl

Public Employment Services Portal:
www.psz.praca.gov.pl

It is a standardized online information service of public employment services, i.e. poviat and regional labour offices, which consists of a central website containing information on the national and European labor market, state tasks in the field of employment promotion, mitigating the effects of unemployment and professional activation. persons and legal provisions regulating related issues. In addition, it consists of employment office websites that present information in a comprehensive and unified manner regarding the support offered, services provided and the current situation on local labour markets.
Central Database of Job Offers (CBOP):
www.oferty.praca.gov.pl

Class 9
Instruments supporting employers.

Classes 10
Volunteer Labour Corps.
Structure, tasks, target group.
OHP services.

www.ohp.pl

Class 11
Employment agencies.
Legal basis for the agency's operation, specificity of regulated activities
• Types of services: temporary work, career counseling, job placement, personnel consulting
• KRAZ - characteristics, who runs it, what information it contains
• Characteristics of the employment agency market in Poland - types of agencies, size, services, fees, etc.
• Characteristics of the agency market in the voivodeship, e.g. Masovia,
• Characteristics of the agency market, e.g. in Krakow,
• Characteristics of agencies operating in the field of e.g. temporary work or employment agency

www.kraz.praca.gov.pl/

Class 12
Training institutions.
Characteristics of the market of training institutions in Poland - legal basis, regulations, number, industries. Characteristics of the training market, e.g. in Warsaw.
Development Services Database - description, purpose of creation.
National Training Fund.

Class 13
Other entities operating on the labour market.
Institutions of social dialogue and local partnership.
Concepts: social dialogue, local partnership.
Labour market councils.

Social Welfare Centers – in the scope of activities preparing socially excluded people to enter the labour market.

Classes 14
Vocational Activity Facilities.
Social cooperatives.

Classes 15
Zero exam. Knowledge test. Knowledge Summary

Term 2025L:

Classes 1
Introduction to the subject matter. Presentation of the conditions for passing the course.

Class 2
Employment policy, labour market policy – introduction.
Labor market – concepts. Transformations of the labour market in Poland: labor market and political transformation.

Class 3
The system of public employment services in Poland - history, legal basis for the functioning of employment services, financing, employees.

Class 4
Legal provisions regarding unemployed people. The essence and consequences of unemployment. Unemployment benefits.

Class 5
Labour market institutions. Public employment services. Regional Labour Offices. Organization of the Local (Poviat) Labour Office.

Class 6
Registration at the employment office. Required documents. Rights and obligations of the unemployed and job seekers. Labour market services and instruments.

Class 8
Online activities of public employment services.

https://zielonalinia.gov.pl

Public Employment Services Portal:
www.psz.praca.gov.pl

Class 9
Instruments supporting employers.

Classes 10
Volunteer Labour Corps.
Structure, tasks, target group.
OHP services.

www.ohp.pl

www.kraz.praca.gov.pl/

Class 13
Other entities operating on the labour market.
Institutions of social dialogue and local partnership.
Concepts: social dialogue, local partnership.
Labour market councils.

Social Welfare Centers – in the scope of activities preparing socially excluded people to enter the labour market.

Classes 14
Vocational Activity Facilities.
Social cooperatives.

Classes 15
Zero exam. Knowledge test. Knowledge Summary

Type of course

obligatory courses

Mode

Blended learning
Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

Lesson aims: • Detailed knowledge of labour market institutions and understanding of the mechanisms of their functioning; • Understanding the relationship between labour market institutions and the social and economic development of the country, as well as between the situation on the labour market and the activities undertaken by the state (public administration) and second and third sector entities in the field of employment policy.

Course coordinators

Ewa Flaszyńska

Learning outcomes

Familiarization with labour market policy institutions. Knowledge of the public employment services system. Knowledge about the functioning of labour market institutions in Poland. Basic knowledge about solutions for the functioning of labour market entities in the EU.
• The student has knowledge of the norms and rules organizing work and the labour market and the social structures and institutions created on their basis (K_W03);
• The student understands the importance and principles of social policy in the sphere of the labour market, in particular in relation to labour market instruments (K_W13);
• The student is able to critically analyze social programs and social policy activities on various scales and fields (K_U03);
• The student is able to indicate the most important axiological and practical dilemmas in the professional work of a social politician or social worker - in relation to labour market instruments - and propose possible solutions (K_U06)
• The student correctly identifies and resolves dilemmas related to the selection and use of individual labour market instruments (K_K04);
• The student is able to build a task team at work and actively cooperate with other people within it (K_K05).

Assessment criteria

Pass conditions:
1. Attendance at classes (2 unexcused absences are allowed).
2. Activity - developing the task indicated by the lecturer.
3. Exam - knowledge test.

Practical placement

lack

Bibliography

Act of 20 March 2025 on the labor market and employment services, Journal of Laws 2025, item 620

Part I – General Provisions
Part II – Labor Market Policy and Social Dialogue
Part III – Public Employment Services
Part 1 – General Provisions
Part 2 – Responsibilities of the Minister Responsible for Labor
Part 3 – Tasks Concerning Professional Activity Carried Out in the Voivodeship, Including the Operation of the Voivodeship Employment Office (WUP)
Part 4 – Tasks Concerning Professional Activity Carried Out in the County, Including the Operation of the District Employment Office (PUP)
Part IV – Individual Accounts and Maintaining and Sharing Documentation in the ICT System
Part V – Personal Data Processing
Part VI – Registration and Status of the Unemployed and Jobseekers
Part VII – Forms of Assistance for the Unemployed, Jobseekers, and Unregistered Persons
Part 1 – General Provisions
Part 2 – Employment Intermediation and Career Counseling
Part 3 – Human Resource Development
Part 4 – Subsidized Employment
Part 5 – Reconciling Family and Work Life
Part 6 – Supporting Entrepreneurship and creating new jobs
Chapter 7 - Outsourcing tasks to employment agencies
Chapter 8 - Support for the long-term unemployed
Chapter 9 - Activation package
Chapter 10 - Support for people under 30
Chapter 11 - Additional forms of assistance
Chapter 12 - Special programs
Chapter 13 - Regional programs
Chapter 14 - Pilot projects
Chapter 15 - Activation program for disabled people or caregivers of disabled people
Chapter 16 - Outplacement
Chapter 17 - Unemployment benefits
Chapter VIII - Labor Fund
Chapter 1 - General provisions
Chapter 2 - Labor Fund revenues
Chapter 3 - Contributions to the Labor Fund
Chapter 4 - Financing mandatory tasks and forms of assistance from the Labor Fund
Chapter 12 - Special programs
Chapter 13 - Regional programs
Chapter 14 - Pilot projects
Chapter 15 - Activation Program for Disabled Persons or Caregivers of Disabled Persons
Chapter 16 - Monitored Leave
Chapter 17 - Unemployment Benefits
Section X Voluntary Labor Corps
Section XI Supervision and Control
Section XII Liability for Offenses Against the Provisions of the Act
Section XIII Amendments to Regulations
Section XIV Transitional, Adjusting, and Final Provisions

Term 2024L:

Act of April 20, 2004 on the promotion of employment and labour market institutions (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 475, as amended).

Term 2025L:

Act of 20 March 2025 on the labor market and employment services, Journal of Laws 2025, item 620

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 2103-ORP-L-D2PNPR in USOSweb