Polish economy needs foreign workers: FPP

Polish Entrepreneurs Federation (FPP) points out that further measures are necessary to address issues related to employing foreigners. It is important to unblock and increase the resources of public administration units involved in issuing work permits within the country (voivodship labor offices) as well as issuing work visas (consular offices). Only in this way can the necessary level of efficiency in the employment of foreigners be achieved.

Every year, approximately 200,000-300,000 more people leave the Polish labor market due to retirement than those entering it from the cohorts finishing their education. In these circumstances, labor supply shortages have become a permanent phenomenon. 

"It is also necessary to further relax regulations regarding the employment of foreigners. In the current conditions, it is not justified to maintain unnecessary and complicated procedures such as labor market testing for issuing work permits. Workers with permits or declarations should also have greater freedom to, for example, take up employment with another employer after finishing their current job or change the nature of work with the same employer. Lastly, the simplified procedure for issuing work assignment declarations to foreigners should be expanded to include additional countries," Łukasz Kozłowski, Chief Economist of the Polish Entrepreneurs Federation (FPP), said.

(WBJ)