At the end of the first quarter of 2020, the number of job vacancies in Poland, in entities of the national economy or in their local units employing at least 1 person, was 76.5 thousand and was 48.9 thousand or 39.0% lower than at the end of the fourth quarter of 2019. As compared to the end of the first quarter of 2019, the number of vacancies was lower by 65.9 thousand or 46.3%. At the end of the first quarter of 2020, there were still 16.2 thousand unfilled newly created jobs.

14,140 persons injured in accidents at work were reported in the first quarter of 2020, by 10.5% fewer than in the first quarter of 2019. The number of injured persons per 1,000 employed persons also decreased (the so-called incidence rate) from 1.17 to 1.04 respectively.

24,040 persons injured in accidents at work were reported in the first half of 2020, by 29.9% fewer than in the same period of 2019. The number of injured persons per 1,000 employed persons (the incidence rate) also decreased from 2.54 to 1.77 respectively.

In the first quarter of 2020 the producer prices for business services increased by 0.9% compared to the previous quarter and by 2.0% compared to the first quarter of 2019.