 Domestically, one of the elements behind high unemployment are inefficient labor laws making job creation difficult, and unduly protecting senior employees (aged over 56).Entrenched structural unemployment is especially problematic in Poland, with 46% of the jobless being long term unemployed as of 2013.A 2011 report reported a 3.6% figure for the long-term unemployment for that year's total unemployment rate of 3.6%

Another problem is related to certain forms of temporary contracts, known as "junk contracts" () which allow employees to bypass labor laws, offer substandard wages, and little or no stability or social security.