Fewer lay-offs as the economy picks up again

However, according to information from Rzeczpospolita, the number of people included in mass lay-offs is slowly decreasing. "The decrease is not large, but the lower number of announcements about redundancies is the result of the improving economic situation," said Anna Książkiewicz, spokeswoman of the Lower Silesia Labor Office. However, from January through October 2003, 89,7000 companies employing more than 20 people announced planned lay-offs. In most cases, companies do this in order to achieve savings and due to the weak state of the economy. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, B1) M.M.