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Seasonal work program is the subject of talks between Uzbekistan and U.S.
As President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced at a recent foreign policy meeting, Uzbekistan will seek talks with the United States on allowing its citizens to work as seasonal laborers.
Also, the president’s press secretary noted that the U.S. government had simplified procedures last year for obtaining special visas for agricultural workers. As a result, Uzbekistan’s ambassador has initiated talks in Washington aimed at securing Uzbekistan’s inclusion on the U.S. list of countries whose citizens can be recruited for seasonal employment.
The aim of the initiative is to grant Uzbek citizens working abroad access to legal, well-paid jobs. So, regional governors got the requirement from the president to build direct ties with developed countries and regions that actively recruit foreign labor.
Ambassadors had also to identify high-income employment opportunities overseas. Citizens preparing for these roles should get vocational training and language instruction. The importance of signing bilateral labor migration agreements with countries including Japan, Sweden, Norway, Bulgaria, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Greece, and Oman was also mentioned.
Once again, the number of Uzbek citizens residing abroad illegally was the subject of the president’s concern. Last year, more than 150,000 Uzbek nationals benefited from migration amnesty in Russia. The president instructed officials to intensify negotiations with other countries to help citizens secure legal employment. From their side, migrants have to comply with local laws.
In general, consular staff has a key responsibility for supporting Uzbek labor migrants in countries with rising migration flows, particularly in Europe. According to Mirziyoyev, simpler registration procedures and fewer bureaucratic hurdles will help them do it.
As The Times of Central Asia previously reported, the U.S. State Department plans to suspend the issuance of immigrant visas for citizens of Uzbekistan and 74 other countries starting January 21. It will add urgency to Tashkent’s pursuit of alternative legal migration pathways.
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Read moreBenefits for Ukrainians in Germany are planned to be canceled
As Minister of Labor of Germany Barbel Bas stated, basic social security allowance for refugees from Ukraine will be cancelled. Bas made this statement in connection with a draft law on the abolition of the basic social allowance of the Bürgergeld for refugees from Ukraine who arrived in Germany after April 1, 2025 and the payment of a smaller allowance for asylum seekers, considered in the Bundestag. The German government previously approved the relevant bill.
Also, the Minister states that the abolition of basic social benefits for newly arrived Ukrainian refugees in Germany will change their legal status.
According to the data, more than 1.2 million Ukrainian citizens have entered Germany. Nevertheless, the Federal employment Agency reports that only about 360 thousand of them are employed for November. Moreover, the German Ministry of Social Security spent about 6.4 billion euros on basic social security for Ukrainian refugees in 2024.
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Read moreUkrainians in Germany will have to look for work: benefits for them are planned to be canceled
Refugees from Ukraine who arrived in Germany after April 1, 2025, will have to hurry to find a job after the cancellation of their basic social security allowance. This was stated by the Minister of Labor of Germany Barbel Bas. The Bas statement was made in connection with the consideration in the Bundestag of a […]
Read moreASNS warns about the situation of more than 100,000 foreign workers in Serbia
The Association of Free and Independent Trade Unions (ASNS) announced that it is closely monitoring the work and living conditions of more than 100,000 foreign workers in Serbia, pointing to numerous irregularities, abuses and violations of labour rights that at times extend into the realm of criminal offences, such as human trafficking. In the statement […]
Read moreUzbekistan Seeks Talks With U.S. on Seasonal Work Program
Uzbekistan will seek talks with the United States on allowing its citizens to work as seasonal laborers, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced at a recent foreign policy meeting. According to the president’s press secretary, Mirziyoyev noted that the U.S. government had simplified procedures last year for obtaining special visas for agricultural workers. He directed Uzbekistan’s ambassador […]
Read moreAldagi Offers Mandatory Travel Insurance for Visitors to Georgia
Insurance company Aldagi offers tourists mandatory visitor travel insurance for Georgia, fully compliant with the Georgia travel insurance requirement and designed to provide reliable protection throughout the entire period of travel in Georgia. According to Georgia’s travel insurance law, starting January 1, 2026, travel insurance in Georgia will become mandatory for foreign visitors. Under this […]
Read moreReal Changes in Kazakh Labor Market that AI causes
As Minister of Science and Higher Education Sayasat Nurbek predicted at a government meeting on Jan. 6, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will raise productivity for approximately 70% of Kazakhstan’s workforce and transform up to 53% of job functions. According to experts, AI will mainly redistribute the tasks rather than cause mass job losses and urgent challenges for labor policy and education systems.
Also, Nurbek presented a phased action plan is being developed to modernize higher education. On the first stage, in 2025, Quacquarelli Symonds assessed the role of education in building an AI-based economy.
As the International Labor Organization reports, high levels of generative AI already influences approximately 25% of jobs worldwide. Its share is nearly 35% in advanced economies, and is approaches to 10% in countries with lower digital maturity. Nevertheless, the tendency for changing daily work functions with keeping the same job titles prevails everywhere.
According to labor law expert Gulzira Atabayeva, these changes occur gradually and unevenly.
Also, she mentioned administrative and office roles among the most exposed to automatization.
As international research showed, women more often work on these positions.
EY shows that nearly 60% of global employment is already under moderate or high influence from generative AI. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), up to 28% of professions in OECD countries are at high risk of automation.
In response to this challenge, Kazakhstan the Kazakh government adopted an AI law at the end of 2025. It establishes artificial intelligence as a regulated sector under national legislation. The law will take effect in January 2026 and introduce principles of responsibility and transparency, labeling of AI-generated content and banning manipulative AI systems.
The Ministry of AI and Digital Development has also appeared. It approved the 2024-2029 AI Development Concept. Building an ecosystem that combines infrastructure, data access and human capital is the main focus of the strategy. The national Alem.AI platform, designed to provide developers with access to data and tools, and the AI Qyzmet program, which trains civil servants to work with AI-based solutions, are its key initiatives.
As Kazakhstan’s Center for Labor Resources Development assesses, it is possible to automate 29% of the country’s work functions. Approximately 13% have a direct link with AI applications. It means that employment structure may change for up to 2.2 million people, or nearly a quarter of the workforce, in their in the medium term.
As Nurbek stated, all educational programs starting in 2025 introduced AI -related skills: AI-related courses, AI-focused degree programs and AI upskilling courses.
Also, the Tomorrow School project is being implemented in cooperation with Astana Hub at universities nationwide. There are plans to establish a specialized AI university focused on interdisciplinary training and applied research. It should be integrated into the Alem.AI ecosystem and developed in partnership with foreign universities and technology companies.
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Read moreUkraine hits 8% inflation as economy shrinks to fit its workforce
Ukraine’s inflation fell to 8.0% in December, down from 9.3% in November and below the National Bank’s own forecast for the second consecutive month, the NBU reported on 12 January. Non-food goods recorded zero price growth year-on-year—prices stopped rising entirely. The NBU credits a stable exchange rate for keeping import costs contained. But the explanation […]
Read moreSubsidies for professional traineeships of up to 55,000 dinars per month
Within the Action Plan for the period 2024–2026, which implements the Employment Strategy of the Republic of Serbia, active employment financing policy measures within local self-government units will remain in place this year as well. The right to request participation of the national budget in financing certain measures is granted to autonomous provinces and local […]
Read moreWhat AI Really Changes in Kazakh Labor Market
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is predicted to raise productivity for approximately 70% of Kazakhstan’s workforce, transforming up to 53% of job functions, said Minister of Science and Higher Education Sayasat Nurbek at a government meeting on Jan. 6. Experts say that AI’s main impact will be the redistribution of tasks rather than mass job losses, posing […]
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