Polish · ZUS / NIP / urząd skarbowy
You ask about ZUS contributions: what to say in Polish
You ask about ZUS contributions.
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How it's done. Składki are contributions for pension, disability and health insurance; under an employment contract the employer pays them and withholds part from your salary; they are visible on the pasek (payslip).Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Czy pracodawca płaci za mnie składki do ZUS?
Chih pruh-tsoh-DAHF-tsuh PVAH-tsee zah mnyeh SKWAHT-kee doh Zoos?
Does my employer pay ZUS contributions for me?
Or say:Czy składki ZUS są odprowadzane z mojej pensji?
Chih SKWAHT-kee Zoos som ot-proh-vuhd-ZAH-neh z MOH-ay PAYN-syee?
THEY SAY
Tak, przy umowie o pracę składki odprowadza pracodawca.Tahk, pshih oo-MOH-vyeh oh PRAH-tseh SKWAHT-kee ot-proh-VAHD-zuh pruh-tsoh-DAHF-tsuh.
Yes, with an employment contract the employer pays the contributions.
They might also say:
Tak, część z pana pensji, a część od pracodawcy.
Tahk, chaynsytsy s PAH-nuh PAYN-syee, uh chaynsytsy ot pruh-tsoh-DAHF-tsih.
Yes, part from your salary and part from the employer.
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YOU FINISH
A gdzie mogę to sprawdzić?
Uh gdzyeh MOH-geh toh SPRAHVD-zeetsy?
And where can I check this?
THEY SAY
Na koncie PUE ZUS albo na pasku wypłaty.Nuh KOHN-tsyeh POO-eh Zoos AHL-boh nuh PAHS-koo vih-PVAH-tih.
On your PUE ZUS account or on the payslip.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Polish for life in Poland”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
pracodawca
pruh-tsoh-DAHF-tsuh
noun
employer
płaci
PVAH-tsee
verb
pays
składki
SKWAHT-kee
noun
contributions
Tak
Tahk
adverb
yes
umowie
oo-MOH-vyeh
noun
contract (locative)
pracę
PRAH-tseh
noun
work, job (accusative)
19 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Proszę powtórzyć.
PROH-sheh pof-TOO-zhitsy.
Please repeat that.
Proszę mówić wolniej.
PROH-sheh MOO-veetsy VOL-nyay.
Please speak more slowly.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
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