i can say from personal experience that the polish and most eu countries workers are hard working with the exception of a few.
yes they will work all the hours they can thats because we brits wont do it.
my partner is polish and she has a degree in bio-technology (DNA stuff)
she came over to work in a factory to save up to move from a degree to get her masters in her choosen subject.
the only reason they come to work over here is they get paid more the wages over there are shocking.
they will do the work the spongers (dole) wont do so the spongers should go over to poland and try doing a months work over there and seeing if they can live on what a monthly wage would be over there...
i goto poland as often as i can as it is a beautiful country and everyone there is polite and try and help as i can only say a bit in polish like ordering a pint and getting a packet of cigs.