Non-Salary Employment Conditions Offered to Foreigners Legally Employed in Poland (study based on the Opole Voivodeship data)

The paper discusses selected results of a study carried out among 263 enterprises in the Opole Province. The study involved, among others, non-salary employment conditions the enterprises offer or would be willing to offer to foreigners. These included e.g. housing, meals, payment for travel costs. The issue of non-salary employment conditions is part of studies focusing on economic migration as employment of foreign labour often involves additional costs and obligations for employers. It was determined that, when asked about additional employment conditions that they would be willing to offer to foreign workers apart from the salary, more than 1/3 of the enterprises mentioned the help in finding housing. However, a similar number (27.5%) of respondents also claimed they did not intend to offer (or did not offer) any additional conditions. More than 9% would offer free or subsidised meals, while a similar group (8.9%) – free housing. 7.6% of respondents would fully (or partially) pay for travel costs of foreigners coming to Poland.