Labour law and social security law encompass a wide range of issues related to the protection of employed individuals, the organization of work, and social security, becoming crucial areas in response to modern labour market challenges. Regulations concerning, among others, the employment relationship, atypical forms of employment, working hours, remuneration, employee leave, responsibilities of the parties within the employment relationship, job security, and social insurance systems play a significant role in shaping employment relations. The mission of Z Problematyki Prawa Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej (Labour Law and Social Policy Issues)  is to provide in-depth analyses and up-to-date academic studies on these fundamental topics.

Labour law defines the minimum rights and maximum duties of employees. Its protective function stems from the need to establish certain guarantees and benefits for employees on a normative basis, as employees, being the weaker party in the employment relationship, cannot independently secure their professional and social interests. On the other hand, the organizational function of labour law ensures the proper exercise of managerial authority by employers over employees. This function allows employers to maximize the productivity of their employees without compromising their interests (e.g., through detailed regulations on working time systems). Meanwhile, social security comprises the totality of measures and actions by public institutions in European Union member states aimed at protecting citizens from undeserved hardship or ensuring the fulfillment of essential social needs in case of incapacity.

Z Problematyki Prawa Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej (Labour Law and Social Policy Issues) is directed at both academics and practitioners, including lawyers specializing in individual and collective labour law, social policy experts, and policymakers responsible for implementing protective regulations. The journal covers topics such as:

1. The personal and material scope of labour law
2. Principles and functions of labour law
3. Sources of labour law
4. Employment relationship and its foundation
5. Termination of employment
6. Obligations of employees and employers
7. Working time
8. Remuneration for work
9. Employee leave
10. Parental rights
11. Atypical forms of employment
12. Collective labour law
13. Social security
14. Social policy

The journal publishes texts on national labour laws (including legal comparativism) as well as international and EU law.

Z Problematyki Prawa Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej (Labour Law and Social Policy Issues) publishes papers in Polish and English.

All studies published in the Journal are available in open access (as defined by the Directory of Open Access Journals) at https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/ZPPPIPS/index. The papers are published in an "online first" format (as soon as they accepted and ready for publication) and then as part of the complete volumes, twice a year. Articles are available in pdf format both as individual papers and as a part of the entire volume. As a rule, the journal is published only electronically online.

Articles published in Z Problematyki Prawa Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej (Labour Law and Social Policy Issues) are available or indexed also in the following databases: ERIH PLUS, BazHum, CEEOL.

The access to all volumes of the Journal is preserved via the Open Journal System, used in the publication process, as well as on separate  hard drives. The archived content will be accessible without any time limits, even if the Journal is discontinued. Furthermore, the University of Silesia Press passess a copy of each volume to the National Library, as required by the applicable rules of law.

The editors of the Journal apply anti-plagiarism and anti-duplication procedures, standards for avoiding conflicts of interest and other ethical policies. The publication ethics rules applied are in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Z Problematyki Prawa Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej (Labour Law and Social Policy Issues) is owned and published by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego in Katowice (University of Silesia Press), Poland and is managed by the editors named below. The Editorial Board is assisted by the teams of editors at the publishing house. All papers are published under the "Creative Commons Attribution-Identity 4.0 International" licence (to be found here), which the authors grant to Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego upon publication. Given that the licence granted to the University of Silesia Press is not exclusive, the authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.

The journal does not preclude the authors from depositing their work (whether a submitted, accepted or published version of the work) in an institutional or other repository of their choice.

The Journal applies the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.

No charges are due for publishing papers, nor for the review or editorial procedures. The costs of editing, reviews, and publishing the papers in the Journal are financed by the University of Silesia from its own sources.