Work 4 days a week. A special team will be launched in the Ministry of Family, the deadline has been set

• Minister of Labor Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk announced that the pilot program shortening the working week will start in 2025.
• On RMF FM, she emphasized that the details of the recruitment and criteria will be announced by the ministry by the end of June.
• - The program will be available to those institutions, entities and employers who submit such an application and apply - said the minister.
• A special team will operate at the MRPiPS to coordinate and monitor the effects of the pilot project.

Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk was asked on Tuesday, April 29 on RMF FM about the program introducing a four-day working week and who will be able to benefit from it.

- This pilot program is aimed at those employers and, of course, their employees who decide to do so, who are wondering or would like to test what form of shortening working time suits them best - said the minister.

She also added that "those institutions, entities, and employers who submit such an application and apply will be able to benefit from the program. This program will be directed to both the private sector and, of course, public institutions. There will be specific criteria for admitting to this pilot, for assessing applications."

She also listed what an employer joining the pilot can count on, including financial support for the implementation of digital tools for monitoring working time and its effectiveness, consulting and substantive support.

- One entity, for one such project - will be able to receive up to one million zlotys. Of course, depending on what part, what number of employees will be covered by this pilot, whether all departments or just one department in a given company - she said.

She also announced that the program will start in 2025, but will last throughout 2026. - This year, we assume that we will spend PLN 10 million on it. Next year, we will increase these funds - she summed up on RMF FM.

She also stressed that a special team will be operating in the MRPiPS to coordinate and monitor the effects of the pilot . The ministry will announce the details of the recruitment and criteria by the end of June.

Let us recall: The Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy will launch pilot programs related to shortening working hours, and participation in them is to be voluntary.

- Sometimes it will be a reduction in the working day in hours. Sometimes it may be an extension of vacation days, for example in manufacturing plants, where it would be difficult to reduce this hourly dimension. It is possible to reduce the working days in a week - said the Minister of Labor. She noted that the ministry will encourage employers and employees to tread certain paths as part of the pilot program. - Later, after collecting this data and conclusions from their experiences, we will work out legislative solutions that can be implemented - noted the head of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.

The Minister of Labor said she hopes the pilot will come into effect in 2025, and that recruitment for the program will start after the summer holidays. She also announced that legislative changes will depend on the results of the pilot, which will last about a year.

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