curious as to the year on this? did it have anything to do with the annexation of Crimea by Russia?
Capitalism is garbage.
http://archiwum.thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/203067,Poland-facing-shortage-of-skilled-workers
Poland facing shortage of skilled workers?
10.04.2015 09:05
Although the unemployment rate remains high, fears have been raised that Poland’s education system is failing to produce enough skilled workers, including mechanics, plumbers and dressmakers.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...age-concern-eases-as-ukrainians-take-up-slack
Polish Labor-Shortage Concern Eases as Ukrainians Take Up Slack
By Dorota Bartyzel and Barbara Sladkowska
May 17, 2019, 12:00 AM EDT
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The number of foreigners registered in Poland has more than quintupled in the past five years, easing the tension on a labor market grappling with a record shortage of workers.
Two thirds of the more than 600,000 foreigners who are paying contributions to Social Security Office (ZUS) hail from Ukraine, a three-fold increase from half a decade ago, according to end-March data. The number has grown each year, defying concerns that Ukrainians would pass through Poland for richer euro-area countries after the European Union eased the process for them to gain entry.
“Some people predicted there would be more issues on the labor market, including additional pay increases,” central bank Governor Adam Glapinski said Wednesday. “It turned out that companies managed to boost employment, as there are no barriers in either the inflow of local workers, nor workers from Ukraine.”
Ukrainian Influx
Ukrainians account for 75% of registered foreigners in Poland
Source: Poland's Social Security Office
Unemployment is at a near record-low of 3.8% in Poland, according to EU methodology, with economic growth hovering around 5% since 2017.
With more than 2 million Poles having left to work abroad after EU entry in 2004, every fifth Polish company now employs Ukrainians, recruiting agency Personnel Service said. It predicted the number of Ukrainian workers registered by the Social Security Office until will increase by 30% by end-2019. Currently, about 1.5 million Ukrainians work in the country of 38 million people.
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/778...ying-more-Asians-amid-labour-shortage-experts
Polish firms employing more Asians amid labour shortage: experts
23.10.2019 11:00
The number of work permits issued by Poland to citizens of Asian countries has shot up amid a labour shortage, experts have said.
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Poland faces competition from higher-paying Western European nations in recruiting workers from Ukraine, said the Personnel Service job agency, which specialises in recruiting Ukrainians for Polish employers.
The agency said that in the first half of 2019, Poland issued over 35,000 work permits to citizens of Asian countries such as Nepal, India and Bangladesh.
That was 42 percent more than in the same period the previous year, the agency said, quoting figures from the Polish labour ministry.
“Recruitment of Ukrainian employees is becoming more difficult. Other European countries, such as Germany and the Czech Republic, are tempting Ukrainians with better salaries,” said Krzysztof Inglot, head of Personnel Service.