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4.5 Labour and income
4.5.1 Labour market, unemployment dynamics
Polish employers are pressing their government to allow Ukrainians to obtain 3-year work permits. “This is a serious step towards turning our labour migration into emigration,” said Voskoboynyk, recently on Ukraina 24 TV. “This question is not just about our employers, but about the future economic development of our state...there will be a problem of demographic nature within our country...and this will lead to the question of who will invest in a country where there is no one to work.”
The Ukrainian government has approved a draft bill to make it easier for Ukrainian companies to hire foreigners. It will now be considered by the parliament. The new bill would remove an obligation requiring foreigners’ salaries to be at least five to ten times the minimum wage —$1,100 or $2,200. However, the bill would also increase the cost of foreigners’ employment permits. The extra fees would be spent on financial aidfor unemployed Ukrainians. As of 2019, around 400,000 foreigners lived in Ukraine.
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