The following article describes the issue of the constitutional protection of work, stemming from the provisions of the article 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. It demonstrates the roots and causes of creation of the legislation protecting work, including also the shaping of work protection in the Second Polish Republic. Further, I analyze the National Labour Inspectorate – as an institution, an instrument serving the purpose of realization of the constitutional rule of protection of work. I discuss the basis and status of the National Inspectorate in the Polish law system. In the conclusion, on the basis of the reports of the Main Labour Inspector,  I try to evaluate the efficiency of the Inspectorate's actions as a guarantor of the realization of the constitutional rule of the protection of work.

 The following article describes the issue of the constitutional protection of work, stemming from the provisions of the article 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. It demonstrates the roots and causes of creation of the legislation protecting work, including also the shaping of work protection in the Second Polish Republic. Further, I analyze the National Labour Inspectorate – as an institution, an instrument serving the purpose of realization of the constitutional rule of protection of work. I discuss the basis and status of the National Inspectorate in the Polish law system. In the conclusion, on the basis of the reports of the Main Labour Inspector,  I try to evaluate the efficiency of the Inspectorate's actions as a guarantor of the realization of the constitutional rule of the protection of work.