At the end of the first quarter of 2024, there were 112 thousand job vacancies in Poland – according to the Central Statistical Office data. That is 14.8 thousand more than in the fourth quarter of 2023 and 2.9 thousand less than in the same quarter of 2023. “In some industries, staff shortages are a problem in half or more of the companies. This is the case in construction, manufacturing, transport and logistics, although many immigrants work there” – I'm writing “Republic“.
The job market in Poland. “The potential of immigration is slowly being exhausted”
Meanwhile, economists Credit Agricole In the newest analysis, they estimate that the space for further inflow of workers from abroad is already limited. “The potential of immigration from countries with a similar cultural background (i.e. Ukraine and Belarus) is slowly being exhausted, and it is possible that the government will tighten its migration policy, which would affect the inflow of workers from more distant countries,” indicates the daily, which cites the report.
Economists point to the statements of Deputy Minister Maciej Duszczyk, responsible for migration policy, which suggest that the number of immigrants in Poland is rapidly approaching borderwhich is determined by the national capacity for their integration. “They concern both the percentage of immigrants that society is able to absorb without generating social tensions, as well as infrastructural challenges related to, among others, providing newcomers with adequate housing conditions, medical care and education for their children,” we read.
How to save the labor market?
Piotr Soroczyński, the chief economist of the Polish Chamber of Commerce, points out that there is no single solution to improve the situation Polish labour market. – Employment of foreigners, automation, activation of groups of people who have been less active so far (older people, people with disabilities, women) – these are elements of social policy that should be implemented coherently and simultaneously – he said in an interview with the daily. “Rzeczpospolita” adds that one of the options could be opening universities to students from Central Europe and from Polish communities in South and Central America.