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There is several generations of employees, functioning on Polish labour market. They have different attitude to work, professional development, varied expectations and aspirations, which stem from changing demographic, historical and economic circumstances, which particular generations function in. That variety poses a large challenge both members of intergenerational teams and managers, requires of a manager a skilful exploitation of different generations’ potential. The aim of the article is reporting conditions shaping the present-day labour market. At first, authors suggest a definition of a generation on the labour market, then authors describe the phenomena shaping the Polish labour market and talk over demographic, historical and economic circumstances of the passage of generations in Poland in the space of seventy years. In further part of the article authors conduct the critical analysis of the typology of labours generations, functioning in subject literature. Finally, authors characterize particular generations present on the Polish labour market both demographical and personal features.