The analytical publication devoted to the characteristic of the main populations and processes taking place on the Polish labour market. The year 2020 was special due to the global COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This also had a significant impact on the labour market, which, like the lens, concentrates the effects of major changes taking place in both the economy and social life.

In June 2021, 2.3 million tourists were accommodated tourist accommodation establish-ments, who were provided with 6.5 million overnight stays. Compared to June 2020, this was an increase of 71.4% and 78.6% respectively. An increase in the number of tourists, compared to the same month of the previous year, was also recorded in July 2021, when the number of overnight tourists was 32.5% higher, while the number of overnight stays provided was 32.0% higher.

In August 2021 entities having 50 or more persons employed and participating in the monthly survey of production of industrial products, reported production of 2 542 807 face masks used in medicine and 5 135 805 other protective face masks.

In the first half of 2021 financial results of cultural institutions increased in comparison to results obtained in the corresponding period of the previous year. Total revenues increased by 0.5% during this period. Investment outlays decreased by 6.8%.

In most of presented kinds of activities general business climate indicator in September is at a similar level as in the previous month. In the majority of researched areas deterioration of “forecast” components has been reported, whereas “diagnostic” ones improve or do not change.

In August 2021, average paid employment in enterprise sector was higher by 0.9% y/y and amounted to 6352.0 thousand, while average wages and salaries were higher by 9.5% y/y and amounted to 5843.75 PLN (gross).

The Labour Demand Survey is conducted using a representative method on a quarterly basis. According to the scope of the survey, it covers notional economy entities and their local units employing at least 1 person. The survey shows that at the end of the second quarter of 2021, the number of occupied jobs was almost the same as at the end of the second quarter of 2020.

At the end of the second quarter of 2021, the number of job vacancies in Poland was 142.8 thousand and was 29.6% higher than at the end of the first quarter of 2021.

In July 2021 entities having 50 or more persons employed and participating in the monthly survey of production of industrial products, reported production of 1 893 550 face masks used in medicine and 3 113 488 other protective face masks.

Since the first quarter of 2021, the base of the LFS methodology have been definitions re-garding employed, unemployed and economically inactive persons included in the Resolu-tion concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization. The resolution was worked out at the Nineteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians in Geneva (ICLS) and recommended by the International Labour Organization (ILO) for the use in all countries of the world (until the end of 2020, the LFS base had constituted provisions of the Thirteenth ICLS of 1982).