Employment relationships established and terminated in Quarter 1 2025
In Quarter 1 2025, the number of employment relationships established was 10.8 thousand lower than the number of employment relationships terminated. The highest number of employment relationships established was recorded for the minor occupational group of Shop salespersons – these accounted for 6.0% of total employment relationships established. The most common mode of termination of an employment relationship was by mutual agreement of the parties (52.6% of total employment relationships terminated).
The publication focuses on the establishment and termination of employment relationships recorded in the administrative registers kept by the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS). These are events consisting in the commencement or termination of a formal relationship between an employer and an employee. Information on the number of employment relationships established and employment relationships terminated in a quarter covers all events that occurred during that period, regardless of the employee’s share of a full-timer’s normal hours or whether it was the employee’s main job. The analysis does not cover events concerning persons insured with the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (KRUS).