Working days and hours in Poland, May 2025

May 2025 has 21 working days and a working time norm of 160 hours.

The norm is for a full-time job in the basic working time system. Calendar days this month: 31.

Public holidays

• Thursday, 1 May 2025 - Labour Day
• Saturday, 3 May 2025 - Constitution Day (Saturday: lowers the norm by 8 hours, the employer gives another day off)

How the norm is worked out

The Polish Labour Code (art. 130) gives 8 hours for every Monday to Friday and takes off 8 hours for every public holiday not falling on a Sunday. This month: 22 × 8 h − 2 × 8 h = 160 h.

First working day: Friday, 2 May 2025. Last working day: Friday, 30 May 2025.

Part-time norms

• 1/2 of full time: 80 h
• 3/4 of full time: 120 h
• 1/4 of full time: 40 h

Legal basis: art. 130 of the Polish Labour Code and the Act of 18 January 1951 on public holidays (Christmas Eve off since 2025). More: working days versus the working time norm.

Deadlines for this month

• Pay at the latest on Tuesday, 10 June 2025 (by the 10th of the next month; when that is a day off, the day before, art. 85 of the Labour Code).
• ZUS contributions and the PIT advance of a sole trader: by Friday, 20 June 2025.
• VAT and the JPK_V7M return for monthly filers: by Wednesday, 25 June 2025.

A tax or contribution deadline that falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday moves to the next working day (art. 12 § 5 of the Tax Ordinance). Pay moves the other way.

Long weekends

• 1 May (Thursday): 1 day of leave (2 May) gives 4 days off, 1 May - 4 May

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