The labor market will improve - poll

Every fourth company plans to hire new employees this year, according to a poll conducted by Millward Brown for HR company Work Service. Krzystof Inglot from Work Service said that a lot of new workplaces will be created in the manufacturing sector, which is good news, because the industry usually gives a boost to the other sectors in the economy. Tomasz Misiak, CEO of Work Service, points out that there is a constant demand for IT specialists, with some 60,000 vacancies in the sector. The survey revealed that 80 percent of companies are not planning  on any lay-offs this year. Nonetheless, more than 25 percent of workers are afraid of losing their job. According to the poll, more than half of Poles want to earn more, however, only 14 percent of employers will grant their employees raises this year.