Poland 's prime minister , Mateusz Morawiecki , has scrapped the country 's 18 % income tax rate for those earning less than PLN85,500 ( $ 22,017 ) a year to lure back skilled workers . Almost 1.7 million Poles have emigrated to countries including the UK , France and Germany , resulting in an acute lack of lawyers , doctors and IT specialists . Nearly 1.7 million Poles, including 580,000 with university degrees, have found work in European countries such as Britain, Germany and Sweden, leaving the mother country with an acute shortage of skilled labour, in particular scientists, doctors and IT specialists. Morawiecki 's decision fulfils a key pledge before the general election in November .
Poland 's prime minister , Mateusz Morawiecki , has scrapped the country 's 18 % income tax rate for those earning less than PLN85,500 ( $ 22,017 ) a year to lure back skilled workers . Almost 1.7 million Poles have emigrated to countries including the UK , France and Germany , resulting in an acute lack of lawyers , doctors and IT specialists . Morawiecki 's decision fulfils a key pledge before the general election in November .