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4.4 Labour and income
4.4.1 Labour market, unemployment dynamics
Source: ICU
Unemployment rate (%)
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 EFF
6.4 6.4 8.8 8.1 7.9 7.5 7.2 9.3 9.1 9.3 9.4 9.3 8.8
The number of new filings for unemployment aid have dropped steadily:
from 149,000 in April to 68,000 in July, reports the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture. Since the government adopted corona quarantine measures in mid-March, the government has paid $272mn in benefits to 432,000 people, about $630 per person.
Due to Poland’s liberalized visa environment and ease of access for Ukrainians, the number of Ukrainians working in Poland is returning to last year’s levels, reports the Polish employment company, Gremi Personal. In face of protests by employers last spring, Poland gave amnesty to visa overstayers. “So far, the flow of Ukrainians to Poland is the most stable due to the most convenient logistics and relatively stable economic situation in Poland,” Gremi notes, contrasting with restrictions at the Czech Republic. “There will be work for Ukrainians through the end of the year.”
With the EU increasingly looking to Ukraine as its reserve labour pool, Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s state railroad, is advertising in its ‘Jobs Ukraine’ section for overhead electricians to expand electrification of rail
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