Work Permits for Foreign Nationals for Seasonal Work

Effective January 1, 2018, the amended Act on Employment Promotion and Labor Market Institutions introduced a new provision allowing for the employment of foreign nationals in Poland for seasonal work. Seasonal work is work performed for a period not exceeding 9 months in a calendar year in the following sectors: agriculture, horticulture, and tourism, as part of activities deemed seasonal as defined in the implementing regulation of the Minister of Family, Labor, and Social Policy regarding activity subclasses according to the PKD classification, for which work permits for foreign nationals to perform seasonal work are issued.