Career at Grontmij - Benefits - Poland 

Poland

Health
Every employee who has been employed for at least three months is entitled to Private Medical Insurance (PMI) at top-range private medical company - Medicover. The cost of PMI is fully covered by Grontmij in Poland. The PMI means that all our employees can quickly get comprehensive private medical care and thus avoid long waiting lists with national healthcare. PMI for Grontmij in Poland includes GP care and access to all specialists as well as basic dental care (free annual check-ups). There is also an option to include family members in the PMI, but then the cost is covered by the employee.

Work and private life
According to Polish Labour Law every employee is entitled to 20 or 26 days’ annual leave, depending on the length of his/her professional experience. Pregnant women/mothers are by law entitled to 20-37 weeks’ paid maternity leave, depending on how many babies were born + an additional (optional) maternity leave, that ultimately (in 2014) will be 6-8 weeks long.

Since January 2010 every employee who becomes a father has a possibility to take paternal leave (7 days in 2010, 14 days as of 2011).
Afterwards, mothers (or fathers) can request an unpaid care leave that can last up to 3 years (it can be shared or divided). Each year one of parents of a child under 14 years old (mother or father) is entitled to additional two days off a year  –“care” for a child.

Training and personal development
Grontmij in Poland supports development of its employees – the company can partially or fully subsidize postgraduate studies or professional trainings. When necessary, the company sponsors English courses for those employees, who need it in their day-to-day work. We organize also specialized series of external trainings for our top managers.

In 2009 Grontmij Poland launched Grontmij Academy. This is a cycle of internal trainings aimed at all employees, developing their personal and professional skills.

Other benefits
Grontmij in Poland sponsors sport activities for its employees: badminton and volleyball trainings for those interested. Representation of Grontmij Poland took in previous years part in intercompany tournament in volleyball and also in football intercompany tournament.

Every two years a big representation of Grontmij in Poland takes part in Sports Day competition, which - beside of obtaining the prices - gives us the possibility to meet our colleagues from the rest of Grontmij Group and to integrate with them.

Every employee can also join group insurance in Amplico. The insurance covers hospital treatment or in case of accidents (death, inability to work, death of a spouse, child etc.) compensation is paid out. Grontmij in Poland covers part of the monthly insurance fee in Amplico, the rest is paid by the employee.

Grontmij in Poland has created (as required by Polish Labour Law) the special Employee Social Fund. Its means are spent on different employee activities: twice a year some amount of money is paid out: in the holiday season all entitled employees get a subsidy for summer holidays, and in December Christmas vouchers.

Career at Grontmij - Benefits - Poland

Piotr Kaźmierski  
HR Director, Grontmij in Poland
+48 61 864 93 53