Tell us about your agency, the trades you recruit for and your source countries, and we will reply about possible cooperation in the Łódź area.
Łódź is a large industrial and service city in central Poland, and a recruitment agency partnership for Łódź logistics and production roles begins with geography because the jobs are spread out. Thecity’ss investor portal says new areas along the A1 motorway and the S14 expressway are designated for manufacturing, logistics, and e-commerce, while central plots serve other businesses. A warehouse post on the edge of the metropolitan area, a production line job in a food or packaging plant and a multilingual finance role in a city centre service centre call for different candidates, different documents and different conversations about pay and travel.
Łódź also has registered jobseekers of its own, so foreign recruitment runs alongside local hiring. The Voivodeship Labour Office in Łódź (WUP) publishes monthly signal reports and an annual review of the Łódzkie (Łódź) Voivodeship labour market, and the County Labour Office in Łódź (PUP) keeps a separate statistics page for the city itself. Use those publications for the unemployment rate rather than an old figure. The practical point for foreign recruitment does not change: an employer bringing workers from abroad must pay correctly, describe the role honestly and be ready for scrutiny by the labour office and the voivodeship office.
This page explains how AtoZ Serwis Plus approaches recruiter cooperation for roles in Łódź and the surrounding area. It is written for licensed recruitment agencies, overseas workforce suppliers and appropriately authorised immigration advisers. It is not a job advert. AtoZ Serwis Plus does not have an office in Łódź, and nothing here states that vacancies exist in the city at any given moment.
Cooperation starts with a written agreement. Beforeapproaching any candidate, AtoZ Serwis Plus and the partner agree who does what: who receives the job order from the employer, who verifies the employer, who advertises, who screens, who prepares documents for the employer’s applications,s and who supports candidates before travel and after arrival. Commercial terms, including any fees between businesses, are matters to be agreed in that written agreement. Nothing on this page sets out a fee, commission or replacement arrangement.
A typical split, negotiated case by case:
Partners who want the national framework first can read the Poland recruiter overview before turning to Łódź.
The city’s investor portal, run by the Łódź City Hall’s economic development office, groups its key sectors as digital technologies, business services, advanced manufacturing and life sciences, and recalls that Łódź grew in the nineteenth century as a textile city. The Ministry of Development and Technology, describing new projects in the Łódź Special Economic Zone, said that food processing, packaging and metal producers led the manufacturing side, while logistics and warehousing dominated services. The Marshal’s Office of the Łódzkie Voivodeship has listed modern textiles and fashion, advanced building materials, medicine, pharmacy and cosmetics, energy, agri-food processing, and IT and business services among its regional specialisations.
These official descriptions point to sectors, not to employers or to job orders held by AtoZ Serwis Plus, but they show which roles may arise.
Roles in this field often involve shift work, picking and packing targets, scanners and warehouse management systems, and sometimes forklift or reach truck operation. Screening should cover experience with handheld scanners, tolerance for standing work and night shifts, and any equipment qualifications. Ask the employer exactly which equipment qualification the role needs under Polish rules, whether a foreign certificate will be accepted and whether training is planned after arrival. A certificate from another country does not automatically carry over.
Food plants bring hygiene rules, cold or wet environments and sometimes sanitary or medical documents that the employer requires under Polish rules. Packaging and metalwork involve machine operation, quality checks, and, for welders or machinists, trade tests against specific standards. Ask the employer which health or hygiene documents the specific job needs, and when they must be obtained.
Industrial sewing, cutting, finishing and quality control roles still arise in a region that names textiles and fashion as a specialisation. Sewing skills vary widely: lockstitch, overlock and specialist machines are different jobs, and piece-rate expectations should be explained before a candidate agrees to travel. Ask for work samples or a supervised test on the machine the employer actually uses.
Business services and IT both appear among the city’s named key sectors. These roles typically require language skills, degrees or professional qualifications, and some lead to different routes, such as the EU Blue Card for highly qualified positions. Recruitment here is about verified qualifications and genuine language ability rather than volume.
Some logistics job orders include driving roles. The Voivodeship Road Transport Inspectorate in Łódź (WITD) has published guidance confirming that third-country drivers employed in Poland need the driver qualification, and drivers in international haulage for an EU carrier also need a driver attestation. Licence exchange rules depend on the issuing country, so the partner and employer should confirm them with the relevant licensing office before making any offer.
A job advertised as “Łódź” may in fact be in a neighbouring municipality such as Zgierz or Pabianice, in a logistics park beside the motorway or in a town an hour away. Be precise. The wider Łódzkie Voivodeship includes separate labour markets around Piotrków Trybunalski, Sieradz, Skierniewice, Kutno, Bełchatów and Tomaszów Mazowiecki, each with its own county labour office.
This affects a placement in three ways. First, the office that handles a residence case depends on where the foreigner lives. The Łódź Voivodeship Office serves customers in Łódź and also runs service points in Piotrków Trybunalski, Sieradz and Skierniewice. Second, the labour offices follow the employer, not the site: declarations, seasonal permits and notifications go to the county labour office for the employer’s registered seat, and a type A permit to the voivode for that seat. A company registered in Zgierz deals with the Zgierz office even if the work is in the city. Third, the site address shapes the commute, the housing search and which labour inspectorate district covers the work. Living in the city and working in a logistics park outside it can mean long journeys unless the employer runs or arranges transport. Ask the employer for the exact workplace address and include it in the job order.
For Łódź roles, ask every candidate these questions, adapted to the job:
Interviews should involve the employer wherever possible. For production, sewing or welding roles, a short practical test is the most reliable filter. For warehouse roles, a video call that checks understanding of instructions and numbers often reveals more than a written form. Record outcomes factually and send the employer only the data it needs.
Before AtoZ Serwis Plus asks a partner to source candidates, the job order should be in writing, and the employer should be checked. A partner may ask what checks were done. The minimum we expect to discuss includes:
Polish rules allow a work permit to be refused where pay is below the minimum or below comparable employees, where information is false, where the employer has unpaid contributions or taxes, where there is no real business activity, or where the employment appears to be a sham. We do not take forward a job order that cannot be clearly documented.
Starosts may also, with the voivode’s approval, set lists of occupations for which work permits are refused in their county, and the minister responsible for labour publishes a register of these lists. Before recruiting, check the register for both the county of the employer’s seat and the county where the work is done.
Every non-EU candidate raises three separate questions.
Citizens of EU and EEA countries and Switzerland do not need a work permit. If they stay in Poland for more than three months, they register their residence with the voivodeship office, which for Łódź is the Łódź Voivodeship Office. A notification route applies to anyone with temporary protection in Poland, whatever their nationality, and, under a three-year transitional rule, to Ukrainian citizens legally resident in Poland without that protection. The employer files the notification after work begins, through praca.gov.pl, with the county labour office for its seat, within 7 days of the first day of work. Confirm the current end date of temporary protection on gov.pl before agreeing a long Łódź assignment.
The simpler declaration on entrusting work is currently available only for citizens of Armenia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. For employers whose registered seat is in Łódź, the Powiatowy Urząd Pracy w Łodziregisters it through praca.gov.pl. Temporary protection holders and Ukrainians under the transitional rule use the notification route instead. Other non-EU citizens need a work permit, usually type A, from the voivode competent for the employer’s seat; for a Łódź company, that is the Łódzkie Voivode. Seasonal work permits exist, but only for specified agriculture and horticulture activities and a small number of accommodation and food service activities. Seasonal permits do not cover food processing plants, warehouses, factories, or construction sites in and around Łódź.
During a visa-free stay in Poland, citizens of Georgia, Colombia and Venezuela may not take up work. Those who had already started legal work before the restriction may continue on existing terms until their visa-free stay ends. Others can still be employed through the normal routes with an appropriate visa or residence permit.
A work permit is not a visa. A candidate abroad usually needs a national (D) visa from a Polish consulate, booked through e-Konsulat, and each consulate sets its own procedure. Appointment availability is outside anyone’s control and is never promised. Once in Poland, a worker staying longer may apply for a temporary residence and work permit. These applications are filed online through the MOS portal, after which the applicant attends the voivodeship office in person for fingerprints. In Łódź, the Department of Civic Affairs and Foreigners of the Voivodeship Office handles residence and work legalisation at ul. Piotrkowska 103, with a passport and work permit section at ul. Traugutta 25. Neither a Polish permit nor a Polish national visa authorises work in another EU state.
Poland has one national minimum wage, set by Council of Ministers regulation and revised every year, with the new rate taking effect on 1 January. It has two forms: a monthly minimum for employment contracts and a minimum hourly rate for certain civil-law contracts. The government publishes the current figures on its minimum wage page. The job order must state gross pay, which may not be lower than the minimum or than the pay of comparable employees of the same employer. Where a placement runs past 1 January, the job order should say how pay will follow the new rate.
The working time norm in Poland is 8 hours a day and an average of 40 hours a week in the settlement period. It is a norm, not a ceiling: overtime is allowed and paid with a supplement. Some warehouse and production sites use rotating shifts. Candidates should know before departure whether they will rotate shifts, how overtime is offered and how night work is paid.
Deductions are where misunderstandings start. Under the Labour Code, deductions from pay are permitted only as the Code allows, for example with the employee’s written consent and within limits. If you charge for accommodation or transport, put the amount in writing before the candidate travels, and show a worked example of net pay after any agreed deductions. Do not describe housing, meals or transport as free unless the employer has confirmed that in writing for that specific job order.
Accommodation questions in Łódź depend heavily on where the workplace is. Inside the city, public transport is run by MPK-Łódź, the municipal transport company, with trams, buses and night lines. Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna (ŁKA), the regional rail company of the Łódzkie self-government, runs trains between Łódź and towns such as Zgierz, Pabianice, Kutno, Sieradz and Skierniewice.
Logistics parks beside the motorway are a different matter. Ask the employer:
If the employer does not arrange housing, candidates should be told plainly that they will need to find it themselves and what the realistic options are. A candidate who arrives without housing and without the means to pay a deposit is a welfare risk.
Partners handle personal data, and the GDPR applies to processing for Polish placements. Collect what each stage of the process needs, not everything at once. At first screening, a CV, contact details and answers to role questions are usually enough. A passport copy is needed when the employer prepares the work permit application, because the application requires travel document details. Certificates and licences are needed once the candidate is shortlisted. Handle medical information only where the law or the specific job requires it, and only by those who must see it.
Tell candidates who will receive their data, for what purpose and how long it will be kept. Do not hold passports. Under Polish rules, the employer keeps a copy of theworker’ss travel document; nobody should keep the original.
A good pre-departure briefing covers the job, the contract, pay and deductions, the workplace address, the first-day arrangements and who the candidate can call. Provide the contract in a language the candidate understands, as Polish law requires, and give them time to read it. Explain that before the first day the employer sends a copy of the contract, in Polish, through praca.gov.pl. Later reporting depends on the route. Under a declaration, the employer reports the start to the county labour office within 7 days, a non-start within 14 days, and any start or stop before the declared end date. Under a type A permit,, there is no start report, but the employermust informs the Łódzkie Voivode within 7 days if the worker does not take up workwithinn the legal period, interrupts it for a long tim,e or leaves early. Under the notification route, the notification itself is due within 7 days of the first day.
Problems after arrival tend to be practical: a different shift from the one promised, a room with more people than described, or pay calculated differently. Agree in advance with the partner howto report these issuesd and who contacts the employer.
Candidates should never be charged placement fees for work in Poland. Polish law bars employment agencies from charging the people they place for work, with narrow exceptions for specified costs related to work abroad. Partners should also follow their own home-country licensing rules. If a candidate reports having paid anyone for a job in Łódź, we want to know.
Warning signs to raise immediately include: a job “in Łódź” without an employer name or address; promises of a residence card within a fixed time; offers to sell consular appointment slots; pay quoted only as a net figure with no gross amount; requests for candidates to travel on a visa type that does not permit work; and any instruction to hand over passports.
Workers with concerns about pay, hours, or the legality of their employment can contact the District Labour Inspectorate in Łódź, part of the State Labour Inspection, which inspects compliance with labour law and offers legal advice. It covers the whole voivodeship, with branches serving Piotrków Trybunalski, Sieradz, Skierniewice and Kutno.
If you already work with employers in warehousing, food production, textiles or driving and see demand linked to the Łódź area, or you supply candidates in those trades, please tell us what you have: the trade, the candidate pool, your licence details and the countries you recruit from. We will tell you honestly whether it fits current cooperation and what checks would come first. You can register as a recruiter partner and describe your proposal there.
Register your agency and describe your trades and source countries. We will review your details and reply about whether cooperation for Łódź is possible.
No. AtoZ Serwis Plus has no office in Łódź; this page lists no vacancies, and nothing here implies a job order. Cooperation for the Łódź area runs remotely. Mention a Łódź job to candidates only after the partner has shared a verified written job order.
No. A type A permit comes from the voivode competent for the employer’s registered seat, or a sole trader’s permanent residence, so a Poznań company applies to the Wielkopolskie Voivode. The Łódź site still decides commuting, housing and the labour inspectorate district.
For a company whose registered seat is in Łódź, the Łódzkie Voivode issues type A permits, and the employer applies electronically through praca.gov.pl. Within the Voivodeship Office, the Department of Civic Affairs and Foreigners deals with work permits at its Traugutta 25 section.
After filing a residence application through the MOS portal, the applicant attends the Łódź Voivodeship Office in person for fingerprints. Residence cases are dealt with at ul. Piotrkowska 103, and the office also runs service points in Piotrków Trybunalski, Sieradz and Skierniewice. Check the office’s current appointment rules before the visit.
For employers based in the city, the Powiatowy Urząd Pracy w Łodzi handles declarations on entrusting work, seasonal permits and notifications, all filed electronically through praca.gov.pl. Employers registered in surrounding counties, such as Zgierz or Pabianice, deal with their own county labour office, wherever the work takes place.
The Voivodeship Labour Office in Łódź, at ul. Wólczańska 49, publishes monthly and annual labour market reports for Łódzkie, runs EURES services and coordinates regional labour market policy. It does not issue individual work permits, but its reports are useful background when judging demand for particular occupations.
The District Labour Inspectorate in Łódź, part of the State Labour Inspectorate (PIP), covers the whole Łódzkie Voivodeship. It inspects compliance with labour law, including the legality of employing foreigners, working time and pay, and offers legal advice. Branches serve Piotrków Trybunalski, Sieradz, Skierniewice and Kutno.
The city has earmarked land beside the A1 and S14 roads for manufacturing, logistics, and e-commerce, and the government has described logistics and warehousing as leading service projects in the Łódź zone. Those are sector signals rather than evidence of a specific order.
The city’s investor portal names digital technologies, business services, advanced manufacturing and life sciences. The Ministry of Development and Technology has pointed to food processing, packaging, metal production, logistics and warehousing in the Łódź zone, and the regional government lists textiles and fashion, building materials and medicine, pharmacy and cosmetics among its specialisations.
The city recalls its nineteenth-century growth as a textile centre, and the Łódzkie regional government lists modern textiles and fashion as a regional specialisation. Industrial sewing, cutting and finishing roles can therefore arise. Always test the exact machine skills the employer needs before shortlisting anyone.
No. The seasonal route is limited to listed farming and horticulture subclasses plus a handful of hotel and catering activities. Warehouse, logistics, factory and construction roles around Łódź need a standard work permit or, for eligible nationalities, a declaration. Anyone suggesting otherwise is giving wrong advice.
They should know how cold, wet, or fast the line is in practice, what protective clothing is supplied, what hygiene rules apply, and whether the employer needs a sanitary or medical document before the first shift. Ask the employer to put these points in the job order.
No. Neighbouring municipalities are separate places with their own county offices and their own commuting realities. Describe a role in a logistics park outside the city near Łódź, or in the Łódź area, with the exact address in the job order, so candidates know where they will work.
Inside the city, MPK-Łódź runs trams and buses, including night lines. The regional rail operator ŁKA connects Łódź with towns such as Zgierz, Pabianice, Koluszki and Kutno. For sites outside the city, check whether public transport matches shift times or whether the employer arranges transport.
Ticket arrangements between MPK-Łódź and the regional operator ŁKA can change, so partners should check the current rules with both operators before giving candidates travel instructions. Do not promise free or included travel unless the employer has confirmed in writing that it pays for commuting.
Only if the specific employer confirms it in writing for that job order; some employers arrange accommodation and charge for it, while others do not. The job order should state the address, the number of people per room, the monthly cost and how payment is taken. Never describe housing as free without written confirmation.
Many logistics and production sites run multiple shifts. Candidates should know before departure whether they will rotate shifts, how night work is paid, and how they will travel at night. Night-shift transport is a common retention issue at sites outside the city centre.
Drivers employed in Poland need initial or accelerated initial qualification and periodic training, shown by Code 95 on a Polish licence or by a driver qualification card. The Voivodeship Road Transport Inspectorate in Łódź has published guidance on third-country drivers. Licence exchange depends on the issuing country, so confirm it with the licensing office.
Check the city statistics page of the County Labour Office in Łódź, or the WUP’s regional releases for Łódzkie. Use the latest release rather than an old figure. Whatever the rate, employers must still offer lawful pay and conditions.
The Labour Code requires health and safety training before admitting a worker to work. Ask the employer which language it will be given in, whether an interpreter or translated instructions are available, and who on the shift speaks a language the candidate understands. Put the answer in the job order for Łódź production or warehouse roles.
Possibly, but they differ from volume recruitment. Information technology and business services are among the city’s named key sectors. These roles usually require verified degrees, genuine language skills, and sometimes an EU Blue Card route, so discuss the role and candidate profile with us before sourcing.
Starosts may, with the voivode’s approval, set lists of occupations for which they refuse work permits in their county, and the Minister of Labour publishes a register of these lists. Look up two counties in that register: the one where the employer has its seat and the one containing the site.
It should give the reporting time, the exact site address in or near Łódź, the name of the person meeting the worker, which documents to bring and when health and safety training takes place. Candidates who know this before departure avoid a wasted first morning at the wrong gate.
Plan travel only once the visa is issued, and the start date is confirmed in writing, using confirmed schedules rather than assumptions about routes. Agree in writing who pays for the journey, and tell the candidate exactly how to reach the accommodation or workplace in or near Łódź on the first day.
Yes. Nationals of EU and EEA states and Switzerland do not need a Polish work permit. If they stay longer than three months, they must register their residence, and someone living in Łódź can do this with the Łódź Voivodeship Office.
Check the employer in KRS or CEIDG, confirm the registered address and activity, and ask for a written job order with workplace address, pay, hours and contract type. If a Polish agency is involved, check KRAZ. A draft contract should be available before candidates commit.
Yes, the employer will check them, but the candidate keeps the originals. Agree with the employer which certificates, driving licences or trade papers it wants to see on arrival in Łódź and whether a sworn translation into Polish is needed. Hence, nothing has to be posted from abroad later.
Piece rates are lawful, but full-time pay for the month may not fall below the national minimum wage, whatever the output. Ask the Łódź employer for the rate per item, a realistic output for a new starter and how the minimum is topped up, and show candidates a worked example.
A partner sources candidates lawfully, screens them against a written job order, keeps candidates honestly informed and never charges them placement fees. The cooperation agreement sets out the precise division of tasks between the partner and AtoZ Serwis Plus, and any commercial terms.
Complete the recruiter registration form with your company details, licence information, sectors and source countries. We review each application and respond with next steps. Registration does not create an obligation on either side or guarantee job orders.
No fees, commissions or replacement arrangements are set on this page. Any commercial terms between AtoZ Serwis Plus and a partner are agreed in writing after both sides understand the job order, the volume and the responsibilities involved.
No. Candidates must not be charged placement fees for work in Poland. Agencies in Poland may not take fees from the workers they place, beyond narrow costs specified for work abroad. Home-country licensing rules also apply to the partner
No. A declaration is open only to Armenian, Belarusian, Moldovan and Ukrainian citizens. It covers up to 24 months, work must begin within 6 months of filing, and it cannot be used for board members, commercial proxies or partners representing a limited partnership. Temporary protection holders and Ukrainians under the transitional rule use the notification route; most others need a work permit from the Łódzkie Voivode for a Łódź-registered employer.
Yes, through the standard routes, provided they hold a visa or residence permit that allows work. A visa-free stay does not allow them to work in Poland. Anyone who had started legal work before the restriction may continue on existing terms until that visa-free stay ends. Georgians are not eligible for a declaration.
Ask the employer which machine, material, or drawing the job uses, then build a short supervised test around it: a filmed set-up, a measured cut, or a weld sample checked against the employer’s standard. A test like this says more about a Łódź production candidate than a list of previous job titles.
No. A work permit lets a Polish employer employ a named foreigner in a specific role; a national visa from a consulate lets the person enter and stay; longer stays may need a residence permit. Different authorities decide each step, and none of them allows work in Germany or any other EU state.
A permit, declaration or notification is tied to the employer that obtained it, so a new employer generally needs its own lawful basis before the worker starts there. Partners should not encourage moves between employers in Łódź and should ask the labour office or voivodeship office about the specific case.
Under the official list, visas issued for tourism, visits to family or friends, certain education or training, medical treatment, temporary protection and other purposes (except a Karta Polaka holder’s) do not allow work under a permit or declaration. A Schengen visa from another state also does not allow work in Poland. Candidates for Łódź need a visa that matches the job.
National visa appointments are booked through e-Konsulat, and each Polish consulate sets its own procedure. Some use queues or draws. Read the specific consulate’s page on gov.pl. Nobody can guarantee an appointment slot, and offers to sell slots should be treated as fraud.
We do not quote processing times. They depend on the authority’s workload, whether the application is complete and whether further documents are requested. Partners should tell candidates that dates are estimates until the permit, visa and travel are actually confirmed.
State fees fall on the employer: PLN 400 for a declaration, PLN 200 for a permit of up to three months and PLN 400 for a longer one, and PLN 100 for a seasonal permit. A Łódź employer may not recover them from candidates as placement charges, because they are official fees, not recruitment fees.
Nobody negotiates it locally. The Council of Ministers fixes one national minimum by regulation each year, effective from 1 January, in a monthly version for employment contracts and an hourly version for certain civil-law contracts. Check the government’s minimum wage page for current amounts.
Only within the Labour Code, which in practice usually means the worker’s written consent and statutory limits. Put any housing or transport charge on paper before departure, with a sample net pay calculation, so the candidate knows what will reach their account.
The norm is 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week on average across the settlement period. It is a norm rather than a cap, so overtime is possible and earns a supplement. Shift systems vary between Łódź employers, so the job order should describe the actual pattern.
Before work begins, it signs a written contract the worker understands and sends a Polish copy through praca.gov.pl. After tha,t it depends on the route. Declaration: start within 7 days, non-start within 14. Type A permit: no start report, but the voivode is told within 7 days of a non-start, long interruption or early e—notificationon: filed within 7 days of the first day.
Usually only a CV, contact details and answers to role-specific questions. Passport details become necessary when the employer prepares the permit application, and certificates when a candidate is shortlisted. Collecting less at the start reduces GDPRrisk and builds candidate trust.
No. Employers keep a copy of the worker’s travel document, as Polish rules require, but nobody should hold the original passport. A request to surrender passports is a serious warning sign and should be reported.
The briefing should give one named contact at the partner, the employer’s supervisor or coordinator, and the emergency number 112. For pay or working time concerns, the worker can also contact the District Labour Inspectorate in Łódź, which offers free legal advice.
Anyone with temporary protection, of any nationality, and, under a three-year transitional rule, Ukrainian citizens legally resident without it. For a Łódź employer, the notice goes to the Powiatowy Urząd Pracy w Łodzi via praca.gov.pl, no later than 7 days after the first working day. Confirm on gov.pl how long temporary protection currently lasts.
No. The declaration route cannot be used for management board members, commercial proxies (prokurent) or partners representing a limited partnership. Those cases need a different route, which the employer should check with the labour office or a qualified adviser before recruiting.
Use the KRAZ register of employment agencies, published by thePublic Employment Services. Every agency providing placement or temporary work services in Poland must be entered there. Check that the registered name and address match the company you are dealing with.
Zielona Linia, the public employment services information centre, answers questions on employing foreigners and publishes guidance on permits, declarations and fees. For case-specific questions, contact the relevant labour office or voivodeship office.
The partner should report the issue promptly with facts: dates, what was promised in writing and what happened. AtoZ Serwis Plus raises it with the employer. Workers can also contact the labour inspectorate. The agreement sets out the handling procedure between partners.
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