Employers report problems in the labor market

Record high employment rate, which in the third quarter of 2021, according to the Central Statistical Office, amounted to 77.4 percent and one of the lowest unemployment rates in Europe at 2.9 percent. These are the reasons why the Polish economy is facing a staff deficit. In these conditions, companies willingly reach abroad and are looking for employees, e.g. from Ukraine, Belarus, or Asia. However, there is no structured migration policy strategy. Similarly, it is necessary to regulate remote work, which in practice will work in most companies in a hybrid model. Finally, the activation of people aged 50+ is important. This was discussed by employees and employers during the Social Dialogue Council on February 1 this year.

“Employers need employees from abroad and that is why they are pleased with the changes introduced at the beginning of the year to the amendment to the Act on Employment of Foreigners. Declarations will be issued for 24 months and the procedures will be accelerated. This is what the companies that indicated in our Polish Labor Market Barometer already in 2019 indicated the need to facilitate formalities allowing them to apply for a longer stay of employees from abroad in Poland and extend the time of legal work under a simplified procedure,”  Krzysztof Inglot, an expert on the labor market, Employers of the Republic of Poland and Personnel Service, said.

(WBJ)