Seventeen volumes of "Z Problematyki Prawa Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej" [Labour Law and Social Policy Issues, ZPPPiPS] were published between 1977 and 2008 as scientific papers of the University of Silesia in Katowice. The journal was established in 1977. ZPPPiPS is now an OPEN ACCESS journal. A DOI number has been assigned to the journal, starting from issue 18 for 2020. The journal has adopted a model in which the author(s) and reviewers do not know their identities (so-called „double-blind review process").

The journal publishes scientific articles in the field of social sciences, discipline: legal sciences. The yearly journal publishes articles in Polish and English in the field of labour law and social policy. Representatives of the doctrine of labour law and social insurance law in their scientific papers often use the results of research published in ZPPPiPS.  

The first and long-standing editor-in-chief of the journal was Prof. zw. dr. hab. Tadeusz Zieliński. As a consequence of the resolution of 27 November 2018. Council of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia in Katowice on reactivation of ZPPPiPS, on 8 November 2019. The Regional Court in Katowice decided to register the publication of this journal in the register of newspapers and magazines.

The Scientific Council of ZPPPiPS is composed of prominent representatives of labour law and social security law, both from Poland and abroad.

The initial version of the journal is an electronic one published on the Internet.

Please send all inquiries to: zpppips@us.edu.pl

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