pracowniczej

Pracowniczej is a grammatical form in Polish, not a standalone lexical item with a fixed meaning. It is the feminine singular form of the adjective pracowniczy, meaning “relating to employees” or “workplace-related.” In Polish, this form is used for feminine nouns when the phrase is in the genitive, dative, or locative case.

Typical usage occurs in formal or legal-style phrases describing policies, rules, or practices that concern employees. For example, in the phrase brak polityki pracowniczej, meaning “lack of employee policy,” polityka is feminine and in the genitive; pracowniczej modifies it. Another example is dotyczący pracowniczej ochrony danych osobowych, meaning “concerning employee data protection,” where pracowniczej describes ochrony.

Origin and morphology: pracowniczej is derived from the noun pracownik (employee) and the adjective suffix -icz-, forming pracowniczy (masculine) and its feminine forms pracownicza (nominative) and pracowniczej (genitive/dative/locative). The form pracowniczej thus marks gender and case rather than introducing a separate lexical concept.

Usage notes: The frequency of pracowniczej is higher in official documents, HR materials, and legal texts; it is typically found in contexts where a feminine noun is in a case requiring that form. In everyday speech, speakers may prefer simpler constructions, but the form remains standard in professional writing.

Related terms include pracowniczy, polityka pracownicza, and prawo pracy. The word illustrates how Polish adjectives inflect for gender and case to connect with the noun they modify in formal contexts.