Voivodship Labour Office in Torun (VLO Torun)

What Voivodship Labour Office in Torun (VLO Torun) does

VLO Torun (Wojewódzki Urząd Pracy w Toruniu) is a government voivodship labour office operating under the Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland, and is part of the national Public Employment Services (Publiczne Służby Zatrudnienia) system. The office, established by law and currently led by Director Łukasz Jaworski with 59 employees headquartered at ul. Szosa Chełmińska 30/32 in Toruń, provides employment mediation, vocational counseling, training subsidies, unemployment benefits administration, and cross-border job placement services to the more than 4 million residents of the Kujawsko-Pomeranian region. It serves four primary customer segments — unemployed persons and job seekers, employers and entrepreneurs, foreign citizens, and disabled persons — through a network comprising its main office, branch offices in Bydgoszcz and Włocławek, and 19 coordinated district employment offices (PUP).

The office's core digital infrastructure is the national PSZ Wortal portal, which integrates the Central Base of Job Offers (CBOP), the ePraca mobile application, the INFOdoradca+ occupational information system, the National Training Fund (KFS) subsidy portal, and the Klasyfikacja zawodów i specjalności classification system. EURES provides European cross-border job mobility, while three EU-funded projects — Kierunek-Rozwój, Kierunek-Integracja, and Kierunek-Zawód — deliver targeted vocational training and integration programs, including 2,200 training places under Kierunek-Rozwój. A recent addition is AI-powered search result summarization using large language models trained on PSZ portal content, limited to text-based knowledge retrieval.

VLO Torun operates as a non-commercial public administrative unit: all services are provided free of charge, and the organization is funded entirely through the Polish state budget and European Social Fund allocations. The office generates no commercial revenue and has no pricing model. Its economic model is that of a statutory coordinator — it administers unemployment benefits, distributes EU-funded training subsidies, processes foreign worker permits, manages the Guaranteed Employee Benefits Fund (FGŚP), and coordinates the regional network of employment offices. The legal name is Wojewódzki Urząd Pracy w Toruniu, with DBA names WUP Toruń and VLO Torun.

Name

Voivodship Labour Office in Torun (VLO Torun)

Legal name

Wojewódzki Urząd Pracy w Toruniu

Website

https://wuptorun.praca.gov.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

VLO Torun is a government voivodship labour office in Poland providing free public employment services — job matching, vocational counseling, training subsidies, and unemployment benefits — to residents, employers, and foreign citizens of the Kujawsko-Pomeranian Voivodeship through three offices and 19 district employment offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Employment Services

NAICS

Employment Services (5613), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310), Administration of Human Resource Programs (9231)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAAAOAL

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Workforce Development Initiatives

SECONDARYBPACAKAM

Global Mobility, Immigration & Relocation Administration Outsourcing

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/HR Outsourcing (HRO) & Shared Services

Keywords

• Public employment services
• Job mediation
• Vocational counseling
• Unemployment benefits
• Training subsidies

Headquarters

HQ city

Toruń

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

VLO Torun delivers public employment services across the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship, including job mediation through the Central Base of Job Offers (CBOP), vocational counseling through the Centrum Poradnictwa Zawodowego, employer subsidies such as the National Training Fund (KFS), unemployment benefit administration, EU-funded vocational integration projects (Kierunek-Rozwój, Kierunek-Integracja, Kierunek-Zawód), foreign worker permit processing, and coordination of 19 district employment offices (PUP). Services are delivered via the PSZ Wortal online portal, the ePraca mobile app, the EURES European job mobility network, and physical offices in Toruń, Bydgoszcz, and Włocławek.

Product overview

VLO Torun is a regional government institution (Voivodship Labour Office) providing public employment services across the Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodeship. Rather than a single product, the organization delivers a portfolio of interconnected services centered on the PSZ (Public Employment Services) Wortal portal. Core digital products include ePraca/CBOP (Central Base of Job Offers) for job vacancy listings, EURES for cross-border employment mobility within the EU/EFTA, the mobile ePraca application for on-the-go job searching, INFOdoradca+ for occupational information, and the Klasyfikacja zawodów i specjalności for standardized occupation classification. Supporting services include the Krajowy Fundusz Szkoleniowy (KFS) for training subsidies, the Centrum Poradnictwa Zawodowego providing career counseling in Toruń, Bydgoszcz, and Włocławek, and three EU-funded 'Kierunek' projects (Rozwój, Integracja, Zawód) for targeted vocational support. The organization also maintains registers of approved training institutions and licensed employment agencies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ePraca / Central Base of Job Offers (CBOP) Central database of job offers available across Poland, accessible via the PSZ portal, allowing job seekers to search and view available positions.
• EURES - European Job Mobility Portal European Job Mobility Portal providing job search assistance across EU/EFTA countries, operated in partnership with the European Commission.
• ePraca Mobile Application Mobile application enabling job seekers to search for work offers directly from their mobile devices.
• INFOdoradca+ - Occupational Information System Occupational information system providing descriptions of various professions, required qualifications, and career guidance resources.
• Krajowy Fundusz Szkoleniowy (KFS) - National Training Fund National Training Fund providing financial support for employee professional development and training programs, available to employers in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie region.
• Centrum Poradnictwa Zawodowego (Career Counseling Centre) Career counseling center providing individual and group vocational guidance services, operating in Toruń, Bydgoszcz, and Włocławek.
• Projekt Kierunek-Rozwój EU-funded project providing vocational training and career development support for residents of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodeship, with 2,200 training places available.
• Projekt Kierunek-Integracja EU-funded integration project supporting the professional integration of specific target groups in the labor market.
• Projekt Kierunek-Zawód EU-funded project focused on vocational education and skills development for job seekers.
• Klasyfikacja zawodów i specjalności (National Classification of Professions and Specializations) National classification system for professions and specializations, providing standardized occupational categories used in job placement and labor market analysis.
• Rejestr Instytucji Szkoleniowych (Register of Training Institutions) Register of approved training institutions that can deliver vocational training funded through public employment programs.
• Rejestr Agencji Zatrudnienia (Register of Employment Agencies) National register of licensed employment agencies authorized to provide job placement and temporary work services in Poland.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• LinkedIn: Emerging player: global professional networking and job matching platform competing for the same professionals and recruiters in the region with more sophisticated AI-driven matching and broader employer reach.
• Pracuj.pl: Emerging player: Poland's leading private online job board competing for the same job seekers and employers that VLO Torun serves through the PSZ portal - relevant for benchmarking digital capabilities and user experience.

Broad incumbents

• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi): Broad incumbent: French national public employment service performing the same core functions as VLO Torun (job matching, benefits administration, training, counseling) but at national scale - useful benchmark for AI deployment and digital modernization in PES.
• UWV (Employee Insurance Agency Netherlands): Broad incumbent: Dutch public agency administering employee benefits and supporting job seekers with comparable services to VLO Torun, including EURES participation and vocational rehabilitation at national scale.
• Bundesagentur für Arbeit: Broad incumbent: Germany's federal employment agency providing the same PES portfolio (job placement, unemployment benefits, vocational rehabilitation, EURES coordination) at national scale with sophisticated digital tools.
• Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service): Broad incumbent: Swedish national public employment service with a comparable mandate to coordinate job matching, training, and unemployment benefits - useful international peer for digital modernization and AI-driven matching.

Direct peers

• Wojewódzki Urząd Pracy w Warszawie (WUP Warszawa): Direct peer: voivodship labour office for the Masovian region providing the same public employment service portfolio as VLO Torun under the same Polish PES legal framework; useful benchmark for digital adoption at scale.
• Wojewódzki Urząd Pracy w Krakowie (WUP Krakow): Direct peer: another Polish voivodship labour office operating in the Małopolska region with the identical mandate, service portfolio (job matching, training subsidies, EURES, benefits coordination), and PSZ portal infrastructure - the most structurally comparable organization.
• Wojewódzki Urząd Pracy w Gdańsku (WUP Gdańsk): Direct peer: voivodship labour office for the Pomeranian region, offering comparable job placement, training subsidies, EURES services, and EU project coordination under the same PSZ framework.

Others

• EURES (European Employment Services): Others: the EU-wide job mobility network of which VLO Torun is itself a member; relevant as the ecosystem peer that defines cross-border employment service standards and a benchmark for international job-matching infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/wuptorun
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wojewodzki-urzad-pracy-w-toruniu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles38 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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