More Polish firms plan to hire temp workers in early 2025
More Polish firms plan to hire temp workers in early 2025

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Approximately 63% of companies in Poland plan to hire temporary workers in the first quarter of 2025, a 12% increase from the same period last year, according to Tikrow’s Casual Work Index published in Polskie Forum HR.
The index found that the manufacturing industry leads the demand for temporary workers. The majority of manufacturing companies (72%) will be looking for temporary workers in the first quarter of 2025. This is 21% more than a year ago.
For comparison, 62% of logistics companies (1% more than a year ago in the same period) and 54% of trade companies (7% more) plan to hire temporary workers.
According to Tikrow’s research, rising employment costs are the most common reason for hiring temporary workers. This reason was indicated by as many as 42% of companies, which is 15% more than in the study last year.
The research also found that rising employment costs have hit the manufacturing industry hard, with 49% of industry representatives citing this as their main reason for hiring temporary workers, a 22% increase from the previous year. This trend appears to be driven by the rapid increases in minimum wage rates.
“The increase in the minimum wage, and consequently also other benefits that employers are responsible for, means that they are looking for alternative solutions to fill staff shortages,” Krzysztof Trębski, president of Tikrow, said in a press release.
According to the research, the second reason for the willingness to employ temporary workers was the difficulty in recruiting non-specialist workers, this was the reason cited by 36% of companies (an increase of 3% over the year).
The increase in demand for temporary workers does not translate into a similar trend among employees. The research showed 19% of people taking part in the survey declared their willingness to take up temporary work in the first quarter of this year. This is 3% less compared to the first quarter of 2024.