At the end of the first quarter of 2021, the number of job vacancies in Poland, in the entities of the national economy (parent units or their local units) employing at least 1 person, was 110.2 thousand and was 25.8 thousand or 30.6% higher than at the end of the fourth quarter of 2020.

In March 2020, the state of epidemic threat was announced in Poland, followed by the state of epidemic in connection with the spread of an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, named COVID-19.

10,891 persons injured in accidents at work were reported in the first quarter of 2021, by 23.0% fewer than in the first quarter of 2020. The number of injured persons per 1,000 employed persons (the incidence rate) also decreased from 1.04 to 0.81 respectively.

In the first quarter of 2021 the producer prices for business services increased by 0.6% compared to the previous quarter and by 0.8% compared to the first quarter of 2020.