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Country comparison
Poland vs Philippines
Compare payroll, employer obligations, leave, working time and employment requirements using Ivvora's structured country datasets.
At a glance
Hiring environment
Metric
Poland
Philippines
Payroll frequency
Monthly
At least every two weeks or twice monthly
Salary convention
Not fully modeled yet
Not fully modeled yet
Standard workweek
40 hours average; generally 8 hours per day across an average five-day workweek
8-hour normal day; Weekly limit not stated in the supplied core research
Annual leave
20/26 days depending on recognized service
5 days Service Incentive Leave after 1 year, subject to exclusions
Maternity leave
20 weeks for a single birth; 31–37 weeks for multiple births depending on number of children born
105 days live childbirth; +15 days solo parent; 60 days miscarriage/emergency termination
Paternity leave
2 weeks
7 paid days for qualifying married male employee, subject to statutory conditions
Probation
Up to 3 months generally; 1- or 2-month limits can apply depending on the intended later fixed-term contract
maximum 6 months, subject to stated exception
Employer costs
Not fully modeled yet
Not fully modeled yet
Required annual compensation
Not fully modeled yet
13th-month pay
Vacation premium
No separate vacation-premium rule was verified in this research pack; annual leave entitlement is 20 or 26 days depending on recognized service
Not fully modeled yet
Notice
Not fully modeled yet
30-day employee resignation notice without just cause; employer termination rules are cause-specific
Payroll complexity
Multi-component social insurance with annual caps, a variable accident rate, and conditional employer funds or benefits
Multiple required components; salary-credit and banded contributions apply
Termination complexity
Tenure-based notice plus conditional severance for qualifying employer-initiated terminations; protected-employee and collective-redundancy rules can also apply
Cause-specific separation pay and due-process rules
Employer costs
Poland employer contributions
ubezpieczenie emerytalne
9.76% of Remuneration Subject To Social Insurance
Calculation data ready
ubezpieczenie rentowe
6.5% of Remuneration Subject To Social Insurance
Calculation data ready
ubezpieczenie wypadkowe
Employer / scenario-specific
Scenario-dependent
Fundusz Pracy
1%
Scenario-dependent
Fundusz Solidarnościowy
1.45%
Scenario-dependent
Fundusz Gwarantowanych Świadczeń Pracowniczych
0.1%
Scenario-dependent
Employer costs
Philippines employer contributions
Social Security (SSS)
10% of Monthly Salary Credit
Calculation data ready
Employees' Compensation Program
Employer / scenario-specific
Calculation data ready
PhilHealth premium — employer share
2.5% of Monthly Basic Salary
Calculation data ready
Pag-IBIG Fund / HDMF — employer share
2% of Monthly Fund Salary
Calculation data ready
Required compensation
Poland additional compensation
Detailed structured rules are not available yet for Poland.
Required compensation
Philippines additional compensation
13th-month pay
Formula-based
Calculation data ready
Research quality
What backs this comparison
Ivvora keeps source coverage, research gaps and unresolved contradictions attached to each country rather than hiding them behind one headline score.
Poland
Sources
68
Known gaps
46
Tracked conflicts
3
Last verified
2026-09-20
Philippines
Sources
39
Known gaps
18
Tracked conflicts
1
Last verified
2026-09-20
Why Ivvora does not rank these countries with one score
Hiring cost and compliance depend on employee type, salary, employer structure, location and other scenario inputs. Ivvora therefore compares the underlying rules instead of declaring one country universally cheaper or easier.