- how to make a complaint against a Polish employer who hasn’t paid you a salary or pays below the minimum;
- what answer you can get;
- why you should go to court immediately if you signed labor contract and you haven’t been paid a salary in Poland.
Instructions for drafting a complaint.
1) What first thing you should do when you haven’t been paid a salary in Poland? You must to check if the company is registered. You can verify here. Verification is needed to be done! In case they were true scammers who wrote the fictitious name of company, you will save your time. You need to check a company name (the company name must be spelled out in your employment contract), KRS number, REGON. If you are sure that there is no information anywhere, then you must immediately go to the police.2) Let’s think that the company really exists. You need to enter the name of your city in Polish in the search engine of Państwowa Inspekcja Pracy (The National Labor Inspectorate).
On their website there is an e-complaint tab (electronic complaint).
Click on e-complaint. And go to the questionnaire.
3) Fill out the questionnaire. Enter
- email - Adres poczty elektronicznej na który przesłać potwierdzenie
- name Imię i nazwisko zgłaszającego
- place of residence
- city - Miejscowość
- post code - Kod pocztowy
- street, bldg num and aprt num - Ulica, numer domu, numer lokalu
- again email - Adres elektroniczny zgłaszającego
4) Next, describe our complaint and tell everything, with all details (Treść skargi)
5) Send photos (better scans) of all pages of the employment contract, a document confirming identity and other documents that you consider necessary to add. It is also advisable to send photos of the correspondence between you and the company. - Załącz plik
6) Provide the data of the employer of the swindler - Nazwa pracodawcy (podmiotu), którego skarga dotyczy
7) address details of your employer - Miejscowość, Kod pocztowy, Ulica, numer budynku, numer lokalu
8) Put a tick on the consent of the personal data policy. Send (click Wyslij formularz) and wait for an answer.
You must remember these things if you want to get your salary:
• That you can quickly and easily send a complaint to an employer who you haven’t been paid a salary in Poland.
• If you really haven’t been paid a salary in Poland, the inspector will respond to your complaint. It will be confirming or not confirming of your rightness.
• If you sign labor contract and still you haven’t been paid a salary in Poland, you can send the complaint immediately to the court.
Defend your rights in Poland, if you think that is worth it.
Comments