Not All Work Absences Must Be Reported by Employers in Poland

Employers in Poland are not obligated to report every instance of employee absence from work on the ZUS ZSWA form, the Social Insurance Institution's declaration of work in particularly strenuous or hazardous conditions. This clarification comes in response to a reader's question concerning the omission of certain absences from the form.

The reader inquired about correcting an error after failing to report an employee's three absences for testifying as a witness, twice at the police station and once in court, as well as a special occasion leave for their son's wedding. The question specifically asked how to rectify this oversight.

The article, published by PRO Kadry i Płace, suggests that not all such leaves need to be declared. While the ZUS ZSWA form is used to document interruptions in particularly strenuous or hazardous work due to employee leave, the scope of reportable absences is specific. The full details of which leaves require declaration and which do not are explored further within the article, implying a nuanced set of regulations governing these declarations.