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Polish Report on Care Workers’ Job Quality and Inclusive Working Conditions

  • Agata Ludera-Ruszel
  • Hubert Kotarski

The aim of the Polish national report is to analyse job quality and inclusive working conditions of care workers in Poland. The report includes analysis of law and policy, labour market characteristics, and industrial relations, as well as analysis of the interplay between national law and EU/European and international law.

  • Keywords:
  • Care Workers,
  • Job Quality,
  • Working conditions,
  • Polish Labour Law,
  • Labour Market,
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Agata Ludera-Ruszel

University of Rzeszow, Poland

Hubert Kotarski

University of Rzeszow, Poland

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Chapter Information

Chapter Title

Polish Report on Care Workers’ Job Quality and Inclusive Working Conditions

Authors

Agata Ludera-Ruszel, Hubert Kotarski

Language

English

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-0864-2.07

Peer Reviewed

Publication Year

2025

Copyright Information

© 2025 Author(s)

Content License

CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

Bibliographic Information

Book Title

CARE4CARE - We Care for Those Who Care - Vol. I

Book Subtitle

Care Work and Working Conditions: National Legal Frameworks and Comparative Insights

Editors

Maria Luisa Vallauri, William Chiaromonte

Peer Reviewed

Number of Pages

520

Publication Year

2025

Copyright Information

© 2025 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

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Firenze University Press

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-0864-2

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979-12-215-0863-5

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979-12-215-0864-2

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979-12-215-0865-9

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Studi sul lavoro di cura - Studies on Care Work

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