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Polish public sector salary controversy

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In late July 2026 Polish watchdogs and local media exposed revealed unusually high earnings among managers of municipal companies, company managers, prompting municipal councils to review executive compensation policies and sparking a broader debate on public‑sector salary inflation. Subsequent reports showed that high wages were not confined to a few entities, with job adverts Advertisements in Łódź advertising monthly and Lublin showed driver salaries near 10 000 zł for drivers and bank staff, per month and specialist doctors in Lublin billing roughly 300 000 zł for two months of work amid work, while a regional hospital carried a debt of about 740 million zł. On 28 July 2026 the government Ministry of Health introduced a draft amendment to the health‑care financing act that would cap caps doctors’ full‑time monthly salaries at about 38 448 zł gross (eight times the minimum wage) and limit combined work time to two full‑time positions, allowing allows a maximum of 76 896 zł. zł for those holding two full‑time contracts. An exception preserves higher ceilings—up to 57 672 zł gross—for selected managerial and specialist roles such as permits managers, department heads, ordynators and transplantologists, transplantologists to earn up to 57 672 zł gross provided they work fewer than the full‑time hour limit. Deputy Health Minister Tomasz Maciejewski and Health Department Director Maciej Karaszewski explained that the exception targets administrative duties and that the law contains narrow “loopholes” for these roles. The amendment, now in public consultation and expected to be adopted slated for adoption in September, adds a criminal penalty liability for false statements about work hours, abolishes the previous percentage‑of‑procedure pay model, and expands the powers of the Agency for Medical Technology Assessment Assessment’s authority to collect salary data from health‑care providers. These steps measures add a legislative dimension to the ongoing controversy over salary levels and fiscal sustainability in Poland’s public sector.

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  4. 2026-07-29 18:26 UTC Polish public sector salary controversy

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