Kobiety na polskim rynku pracy

Abstract

In Poland, women’s situation in the job market is much worse than men’s. Despite the fact that statistically women are better educated than men, they have fewer possibilities of finding a job and constitute the majority of the unemployed. They also have a smaller chance of being promoted. The higher in the professional hierarchy, the fewer women – proportionally – occupy these positions. Generally, regardless of the type of job and the position occupied, women statistically receive lower payment than men. The Polish legal system has been adapted to the EU standards, where the principles of equality of sexes are strictly observed, including the issue of equal remuneration for the same work and the work of the same value; however, in the last couple of years the situation has not improved, and in some aspects it has been even worse.