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Monday, April 30, 2018 –
3:19pm
Poland’s economic growth is being threatened by the mass
exodus of workers to Germany and the UK, experts warn.
According to Sky News, Polish businesses are turning to
neighbouring non-EU countries including Ukraine and Belarus, and as
far as Bangladesh, in order to “fill vacancies in trades such as
building, welding and lorry driving”.
The construction industry has been hardest hit, with a current
shortfall of around 100,000 employees in the sector, says the
broadcaster.
Experts believe the problem will only worsen in the future. The
current birth rate in Poland is around only half that of the
post-WWII baby boom years. Combined with the exodus of skilled
workers seeking better-paid work in Western Europe, official
forecasts predict that by 2030, one in every five jobs in Poland
will be vacant, reports the Daily Mail.
“Poland’s economy will need 20 million workers, at a time when
the working age population will be down to 16 million people,” says
the newspaper.
An unnamed Polish entrepreneur and manager told AFP: “Right now we mostly take on Ukrainians
and some Belarussians. We practically no longer have Poles.
They’re all working in Germany or Britain.”
Meanwhile, the country’s largest construction firm, Budimex,
said that it was looking for an extra 1,000 workers.
“We’re seeing a labour shortage in our company, but the same
goes for our subcontractors, who are also complaining,” a
spokesperson told the news agency.
“We’re short on practically all workers: masons, carpenters,
concrete mixers, plasterers, pavers, drivers, machine operators.
Too few foremen and engineers, too.”
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