Pay transparency: Can employers still ask about salary expectations?

New provisions of the Labour Code concerning pay transparency, which came into force on 24 December 2025, are transforming recruitment practices. One of the most practical and contentious issues arising from these regulations is whether an employer may ask a candidate for their salary expectations before disclosing the remuneration offered for the role. Currently, the law does not explicitly define the sequence in which this information must be shared. This lack of clarity has resulted in conflicting interpretations among legal practitioners, lawyers, and HR professionals regarding best practices for compliance. – Bartosz Tomanek and Michał Włodarczyk comment to Rzeczpospolita.

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