“The slightly diminished but still significant demand for labor in enterprises cannot be met by the slightly increased local labor reserve – partly due to the different structure – and therefore foreign workers since 2021, the number of which has remained “It is increasing at a rapid pace in the country.”
In 2023, compared to the previous year, the number of employees with foreign nationality increased by 11.7 thousand people – to 92.7 thousand people – which explains the significant increase in the number of employees from third countries.
– KSH wrote.
They added that most of them (5,100 people) came from the Philippines, “but the number of Vietnamese, Kyrgyz, Indians and Russian guest workers” increased significantly. But at the same time, the number of Ukrainian, Slovak and Romanian workers decreased.
The detailed data series also shows that in the case of Ukrainians in 2023 – even with the aforementioned decrease of 3,660 people –
There are 22,802 guest workers working in the country, making them the largest number of foreign workers.
They are followed by Slovaks with 7,611 and Romanians with 7,211, while those from the Philippines number 6,274. China also entered the top five with 5,879 people. In terms of growth, in addition to the 5,087 people from the Philippines, the number of Vietnamese workers increased by 2,245, Kyrgyz by 1,281, Indians by 1,190, and Russians by 1,039.
“The new guest worker law adopted in November 2023 regulates in detail the conditions of residence and employment of third-country workers. The law still maximizes the number of guest workers at the average number of vacancies in the previous year, which is not even close to the increase in the number of foreign workers in The year 2023 will be achieved.” In a post Check.
The government is constantly developing new rules regarding the status of foreign workers. In a recently published decree, for example, they were completely banned from the public domain.
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