Rola państwa w rozwoju partycypacji pracowniczej w Polsce

The reasons for the introduction of employee participation in the country are de-pendent on different social interests and actors of industrial relations. Forms of participa¬tion occurring in Polish enterprises in the period of economic transformation were close¬ly associated with the processes of privatization and commercialization. Polish accession to the EU has resulted in the emergence of two new forms of participation: employees councils and employees’ representatives in the European Works Councils. The main objective of this paper is to determine the role of the state in the development of employ¬ee participation in Poland and to define the reasons for introducing forms of participation by trade unions, employers' organizations and the state.