{"id":72228,"date":"2026-10-26T14:26:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/?p=72228"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:26:36","slug":"interpretations-from-the-chief-labour-inspectorate-what-determines-whether-a-contract-qualifies-as-an-employment-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/interpretations-from-the-chief-labour-inspectorate-what-determines-whether-a-contract-qualifies-as-an-employment-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Interpretations from the Chief Labour Inspectorate \u2013 What Determines Whether a Contract Qualifies as an Employment Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To date, the Chief Labour Inspectorate (G\u0142\u00f3wny Inspektorat Pracy, GIP) has issued 19 interpretations. The ratio of positive to negative interpretations is virtually 50\/50. Most concern contracts of mandate (<em>umowa zlecenia<\/em>) and are generally negative, including an interpretation relating to students under the age of 26. Several concern B2B relationships, including three in the IT sector, and only one of these is negative.<\/p>\n<p>Nineteen interpretations are still too few to establish a settled line of interpretation, but certain trends are already becoming apparent.<\/p>\n<p>Factors indicating that a contract may qualify as an employment contract include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the contractor&#8217;s organisational subordination, including the employer&#8217;s ability to issue day-to-day instructions;<\/li>\n<li>the determination of the time and place at which tasks are to be performed;<\/li>\n<li>the inability to engage subcontractors;<\/li>\n<li>the contractor&#8217;s lack of independence; and<\/li>\n<li>the absence of responsibility for the outcome and of business risk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>B2B Arrangements Receiving a Positive Assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among other things, the GIP has accepted models involving the use of a company&#8217;s technical infrastructure or office space. It has also recognised various methods of remunerating services, including flat fees and hourly rates. Furthermore, it has acknowledged that project managers in the IT sector may perform their duties under B2B contracts.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the GIP concluded that an individual providing administrative and office support to a language school should not be classified as an independent contractor, but rather as an employee, where the individual performs \u201crepetitive tasks not as part of their own organisation\u201d but instead \u201cusing the company&#8217;s IT systems and tools\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audit First, Application Second<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An interpretation does not provide complete immunity from inspection. The protection it offers depends on whether the actual working relationship corresponds to the description provided in the application. Before applying to the GIP, it is therefore advisable to conduct an audit covering not only contracts, but also correspondence, task-allocation systems, schedules, reporting arrangements and day-to-day communications with contractors.<\/p>\n<p>An application for an interpretation should describe the actual working arrangement accurately and comprehensively. The recommended approach is to analyse existing interpretations, verify current practices and adjust them where necessary before asking the GIP to assess the arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>Find more articles in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/pro-hr-october-2026\/\"><strong>PRO HR October 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To date, the Chief Labour Inspectorate (G\u0142\u00f3wny Inspektorat Pracy, GIP) has issued 19 interpretations. The ratio of positive to negative interpretations is virtually 50\/50. Most concern contracts of mandate (umowa zlecenia) and are generally negative, including an interpretation relating to students under the age of 26. Several concern B2B relationships, including three in the IT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-72228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bez-kategorii","tag-joanna-stolarek"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72229,"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72228\/revisions\/72229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}