How to register at a district labour office?
This article is written according to the legal status current as of: 2024-01-12
In order to register as an unemployed person, you have to report to the district labour office in accordance with the permanent or temporary place of your registered residence. If you have not registered your residence, you can register at the district labour office competent for the place you are currently staying at.
Online booking of the registration date (pre-registration)
There is a possibility of providing the required information through the electronic registration system, accessible at: www.praca.gov.pl.Then the labour office sets the date of personal appearance at the district labour office, within 7 working days from the date of pre-registration via the online-system, in order to provide all required documents and register at the district labour office. In case the person does not appear at the labour office on the indicated day, the information provided is deleted from the system of public employment services.
This procedure allows to book the date of the registration. The aim is mainly to save time the unemployed usually spend at the labour office waiting for the registration.
Remember!
The status of the unemployed person is given on the day the person reports to the district labour office, certifies the submitted data and in the presence of an employee of the poviat labor office under pain of perjury for submitting false testimony, declares the truthfulness of provided data and confirms knowledge of conditions for maintaining the unemployed status.
Full online registration at the district labour office
Full online registration is possibile via system : www.praca.gov.pl.
The person cannot be registered at the same district labour office as an uneployed and seeking employment when having the status of an unemployed person.
Registering online at the labour office as an unemployed person is available if you have either:
• a secure electronic signature verified by a valid qualified certificate, in accordance with the principles laid down in the regulations on electronic signatures, or
• verified trusted profile on government services electronic platform (ePUAP).
In order to register you are obliged to fill in the online application form, accessible at: www.praca.gov.pl. The required documents need to be scanned, and the application needs to be signed with one of the above secure signature types.
Online registration aims to save time the unemployed usually spend at the labour offices as well as money they spend on commuting there.
The status of the unemployed person is given on the day the person fills in the online application, adds all required scanned documents including the statement of data veracity (the ID scan is not required) and confirms knowledge of conditions for maintaining the unemployed status signing the application with one of the certified signatures.
Useful information
Detailed information on obtaining a trusted profile of the electronic platform of public administration services is available on the website: epuap.gov.pl.
Online registration instructions are available on the website: psz.praca.gov.pl
Legal basis
Regulation of the Minister of Labour, Family and Social Affairs of 14 April 2020 on the registration of the unemployed and jobseekers
Development: Editorial team of Zielona Linia
