Odprawa on dismissal for employer reasons: 1, 2 or 3 months, capped at 72,090 zł
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 15 Oct 2026.An employee dismissed for the employer's reasons in Poland gets an odprawa of one month's pay after under 2 years with that employer, two months after 2 to 8 years and three months after more than 8. In 2026 it is capped at 72,090 zł, fifteen times the 4,806 zł minimum wage; 7,000 zł after 5 years gives 14,000 zł.
2026 · Rates and rules read from the sources listed on this page (the earliest on 15 Oct 2026); they may have changed since.
Pick why the job ends: dismissal for the employer’s reasons, retirement or a disability pension, or the employee’s death.
Tap how long you worked for this employer.
Type the monthly pay; add the 3-month average of variable pay and the bonuses of the last 12 months if you have them.
Read the odprawa, how many months it is, and whether the cap of 15 minimum wages cut it.
This calculator gives the severance pay (odprawa pieniężna) the law guarantees in Poland when a job ends for one of three reasons, from the monthly pay and the years worked for that employer.
Dismissal for the employer's reasons. When an employer with at least 20 employees ends the contract for reasons that are not yours (restructuring, closing a branch, cutting a post), by notice or by agreement, you receive one month's pay after under 2 years with that employer, two months after 2 to 8 years and three months after more than 8. Time with a previous employer counts when your job passed to the new one. The payment cannot exceed fifteen times the minimum wage on the day the contract ends: 72,090 zł in 2026. An employer with fewer than 20 employees owes nothing under this law.
Retirement or a disability pension. An employee whose job ends because they move to a retirement or disability pension receives one month's pay, only once in their working life, with no cap.
Death of an employee. The family receives one month's pay when the employee had worked there for less than 10 years, three months from 10 years and six months from 15 years.
The monthly pay. It is worked out as for the cash equivalent of unused holiday: the fixed monthly pay at its current amount, plus the average of variable pay such as commission or overtime over the last 3 months, plus bonuses paid for longer periods over the last 12 months divided by 12.
What it does not do. The amount is gross: the PIT act lists the dismissal and retirement payments among the exceptions to its exemption for compensation, so tax is withheld. A collective agreement or workplace rules can pay more. Special rules for teachers, civil servants and other groups, and the reduction of the death payment when the employer insured the employee, are not included. For the payslip itself see the Poland Salary Calculator.
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Two months' pay. The law gives one month for less than 2 years with the employer, two months for 2 to 8 years and three months for more than 8 years. On 7,000 zł a month, 5 years of service give an odprawa of 14,000 zł gross in 2026.
72,090 zł. The severance for a dismissal for the employer's reasons cannot exceed fifteen times the minimum wage in force on the day the contract ends, and the minimum wage in 2026 is 4,806 zł. After more than 8 years, monthly pay above 24,030 zł reaches the cap.
An employee dismissed by an employer with at least 20 employees, when the reasons are not the employee's own: a group dismissal, or an individual one where the employer's reasons are the only reason. It applies to notice by the employer and to ending the contract by agreement on those grounds.
One month's pay, under art. 92¹ of the Kodeks pracy, when the job ends because the employee moves to a retirement or disability pension. It is paid only once in a working life and has no cap. A collective agreement or workplace rules can give more.
The pay used for the cash equivalent of unused holiday: fixed monthly pay at its current amount, the average of variable pay such as commission or overtime over the last 3 months, and bonuses for longer periods averaged over the last 12 months.
Yes, the dismissal and retirement payments are. Art. 21 ust. 1 pkt 3 of the PIT act exempts compensation set by law, but lists severance pay under labour law and the odprawa of the 2003 dismissal act as exceptions, so the employer withholds the PIT advance. This calculator shows the gross amount.
Rates and rules change; check the source before you rely on a figure.
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