Staffing firms size up employment situation
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Two of the largest staffing firms globally – Manpower and Randstad – published separate reports on June 9 making employment forecasts in Poland.
Over the next six months, 65 percent of companies plan to maintain existing employment, 14 percent plan to increase them, and 13 percent indicated the possibility of redundancies, according to the study “Plans of Employers” conducted by the Randstad Research Institute. The survey also shows that in response to the crisis, companies most often resorted to suspension of Polish Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) contributions. Furthermore, as many as 37 percent of enterprises consider dismissal of up to 20 percent of the crew, and 8 percent consider laying off nearly half of the team. Half of the companies that plan to reduce the employment level, however, indicate that redundancies will concern individual employees and not entire teams.
Meanwhile, according to a Manpower study, the net employment forecast for Poland for the third quarter of 2020 is -6 percent. From July to September this year, 6 percent of Polish employers want to increase employment, while 11 percent during this time will reduce the number of employees. The report “ManpowerGroup Employment Prospects Barometer” analyzed the recruitment plans of enterprises from seven market sectors. Enterprise recruitment plans have deteriorated significantly in all seven market sectors analyzed in the study. Representatives of restaurants and hotels as well as companies dealing with industrial production speak about the least optimistic situation. Representatives of finance and business services and production services were more optimistic.
