Background checks for hiring in Poland
Make your hiring borderless with background checks designed for Poland and around the world.
Checks and features
Compliant, tech-first checks
Criminal checks
Since criminal checks in Poland are legally restricted, Zinc offers criminal court searches.
Dedicated regulatory support
Zinc’s dedicated legal, compliance, and data security team are always on hand to help you understand Poland’s unique screening requirements.
Global compliance standards
Stay in control of your data and compliance with Zinc's GDPR compliant and ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certified platform.
7.62
/10
6
days
Average criminal check completion
14
days
Average education check completion
Seamless integrations, open API
Zinc is designed to integrate directly with your tech stack and save your team time. With 20+ ATS and HRIS integrations alongside an open API, you can send checks and receive results directly into your preferred platform. Most integrations can be set up in minutes, and all of them are free.
Industry-leading data security
Zinc is GDPR compliant and ISO 27001 certified, so you know that your data is always secure. Our legal, data security, and compliance team works internally and with external partners to ensure we’re held to the highest technical and regulatory standards.
Adaptive candidate experience
Built for global teams, Zinc prioritises candidate experience no matter where you’re hiring. Zinc automatically routes them down the path needed for their country of residence or hiring location — reducing the frustration of unnecessary questions.
“Zinc has been working really well! It’s been really easy and so nice to have a platform that just gets everything done so efficiently and conveniently. Being able to have the results before candidates start, globally, is incredible. It’s a pretty self explanatory process, even when a match is found that we need to review.”
Checks that work everywhere you do
Fully visibility, transparent pricing, and adaptable checks for borderless hiring.
Industry-leading global turnaround times
Adaptive checks, not extra admin
Integrated with your HR tech stacking
Truly transparent pricing
Pricing
Built for global teams
Whether you're a growing team or an enterprise hiring across borders, Zinc has a plan for you.
Under 20 hires annually
Pay As You Grow
Get started in minutes. Our Pay As You Grow plan is built for lower hiring volumes — a flat rate per check, with no hidden costs or setup fees.
Start checking in minutes, no setup needed
Flat rates per check, no hidden fees
Pay only for what you check, every month
20+ hires annually
Custom solutions
For larger volumes, our experts build a plan around your needs. Credit is flexible with your hiring and never expires, with integrations, setup, training, and support all included for free.
A custom plan built around your hiring
Credit pool that rolls over and never expires
Integrations, setup, and training included for free
What background checks are legally permitted in Poland?
Background checks in Poland are legally restricted. Criminal record checks, sourced from Poland's National Criminal Register, are only permissible for positions that are required to have a clear criminal record by a specific statutory law, including finance sector roles or top management positions. Credit checks via the National Register of Debtors need a PESEL or NIP number and are restricted to roles carrying significant financial responsibility.
Every check needs explicit, informed written consent, governed by GDPR, the Polish Personal Data Protection Act, and the Polish Labour Code.
What is a zaświadczenie o niekaralności and do employers need it?
A zaświadczenie o niekaralności is a Certificate of Clear Criminal Record, sourced from Poland's National Criminal Register.
Employers can only request it for specific roles, mainly finance sector positions and senior management. It isn't a general-purpose background check. For most other roles, employers are limited to verifying what the candidate has told them directly: employment history, qualifications, and references.
How does Zinc handle GDPR compliance for Polish candidates?
Zinc complies with GDPR as implemented in Poland, alongside the Polish Personal Data Protection Act and Polish Labour Code. Every check needs explicit, informed written consent, separate from the employment contract, and Zinc holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certification on top of that.
Candidate data is always processed proportionately and stored in line with Zinc's retention policies.
Can Zinc run background checks for our Polish employees alongside our global workforce?
Yes, that's exactly what Zinc is built for. Your Polish hiring sits on the same platform as your other international hires, so you’re using one centralised system instead of paying for localised solutions.
Zinc’s platform adapts to the legal requirements of the country you’re hiring in, so candidates aren’t giving you unnecessary data or being frustrated with redundant fields. All your checks progress is available in a centralised dashboard, including country-by-country breakdowns. If you have multiple hiring teams globally, user groups allow you to share checks packages across Zinc without exposing candidate data to users who don’t need to see it.
Zinc's compliance team helps you make sure the right checks get configured for Polish legal restrictions, so you don't end up running a check the law doesn't allow.