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Conditions of service for teachers and trainers working in adult education and training
Poland

Poland

8.Teachers and education staff

8.8Conditions of service for teachers and trainers working in adult education and training

Last update: 18 May 2026

Teachers working in schools for adults, stage II sectoral vocational schools, post-secondary schools and other adult education institutions within the school education system are employed in accordance with the same regulations and under the same conditions as teachers in schools for children and young people. See Chapter 8.2 ‘Conditions of service for teachers working in early childhood and school education’.

Entities providing adult education outside the school education system as part of economic or educational and training, including labour-market-related, activity are free to determine conditions of service for the staff employed, within the general framework set by the generally applicable Act of 26 June 1974, The Labour Code, as subsequently amended (ustawa z dnia 26 czerwca 1974 r. Kodeks pracy, z późn. zm.).