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Georgian PM highlights ruling party’s “ambitious goal” for country’s budget to exceed $18.2 bln, average salary to rise to $1,277 by 2028
Kobakhidze also highlighted “the positive employment trends”, noting 1,217,000 people had been employed in 2021 and 170,000 new jobs had been created in the last two and a half years, adding, at least 200,000 additional job opportunities would be provided by 2028 at this pace. Photo: Georgian Dream rakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling […]
Read more25 thousand people yearly have quitted Serbia forever over last decade
According to a recent study titled “The Mobility of Serbia’s Workforce,” conducted by the Institute for Development and Innovation, over 25,000 people have permanently left Serbia each year for more than a decade.
In the first seven months of this year Serbia has issued around 50,000 work permits to foreigners, mostly from China, Russia and Turkey, while Serbian citizens predominantly head to Germany and the U.S.
Institute director Nenad Jevtovic says that Serbia’s current work market situation has immeasurably improved compared to 2008, when there were nearly one million unemployed in the country. Now this number is 296,000, and many of these people are temporarily unemployed, i.e. between jobs.
Jevtovic stated that global economic trends and the fact that Serbia “has been war-free for 25 years” have led to these statistics. She also added that, therefore, “one has to be seriously untalented for economic policy to not achieve improvement.”
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Read moreMigrants from Kazakhstan will get a paved way for labor in South Korea
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Kazakhstan reports that South Korea wants to let Kazakhstanis legally work in the country by including Kazakhstan in its Employment Permit System (EPS).
According to the agency’s statement, the intention of representatives of the Ministry of Employment and Labor of the Republic of Korea to include Kazakhstan in the EPS was confirmed following the negotiations. It will let Kazakhstanis work legally in South Korea under the signed employment contracts.
Kazakhstan’s Vice Minister of Labor and Social Protection Askarbek Yertayev reported that a number of comprehensive measures to enhance the legal framework to protect labor and social rights of migrants is being taken, such as establishing a multifunctional center for professional and language training in Almaty for those who want to work in South Korea.
Measures aimed at combating illegal migration and fostering favorable conditions for the expansion of legal labor activities are being taken by his agency in collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MFA) of Kazakhstan.
Seoul’s willingness to develop close cooperation with Kazakhstan was announced last year by Park Jin, former minister of foreign affairs of South Korea.
Nevertheless, as Aibek Smadiyarov, the official spokesperson for Kazakhstan’s MFA, emphasized, Kazakhstani citizens can legally work in Korea only after receiving special approvals and labor visas arranged by their employers.
The mutual visa-free travel agreement allowing citizens of both states to stay in the other country for 30 days was resumed by Kazakhstan and South Korea in April 2022.
They also resumed direct air travel between Kazakhstan and South Korea (Astana-Seoul) this summer.
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Read moreUkraine Business Roundup — Ukraine launches e-residency for foreigners
Ukraine launched an e-residency program this past week, giving some foreigners remote access to services in the country, mainly the ability to open a business and bank account and pay taxes at a favorable rate. The move is part of the country’s wider digitalization efforts to counter both bureaucratic difficulties and corruption launched after President […]
Read moreOver Last Decade, 25k People Have Permanently Left Serbia Each Year
For more than a decade, over 25,000 people have permanently left Serbia each year, says a recent study titled “The Mobility of Serbia’s Workforce,” conducted by the Institute for Development and Innovation. While Serbian citizens mostly head to Germany and the U.S, Serbia has, in the first seven months of this year, issued around 50,000 […]
Read moreSouth Korea paves way for labor migrants from Kazakhstan
South Korea wants to include Kazakhstan in its Employment Permit System (EPS) to let Kazakhstanis legally work in the country, according to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Kazakhstan. «Following the negotiations, representatives of the Ministry of Employment and Labor of the Republic of Korea confirmed their intention to include Kazakhstan in the […]
Read moreHK grants Georgia visa-free access starting 30 September
Hong Kong passport holders may also visit Georgia visa-free. The Immigration Department announced that nationals of Georgia holding valid diplomatic, official, or ordinary passports may visit Hong Kong visa-free for up to 30 days starting 30 September. As Georgia is part of the Belt and Road initiative, the department said this arrangement aims to enhance […]
Read moreSocial dialogue in the Republic of Serbia is strengthened by teaming up ILO, Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs and social partners
A new project “Strengthening of social dialogue in the Republic of Serbia” was launched on 18 September to strengthen social dialogue in Serbia. An environment where the rights and obligations of workers and employers are well-balanced, contributing to the development of a more stable, equal and successful society, the ILO (International Labour Organization), with funding from the European Union, is created by the government, employers and trade unions.
The value of the new project for the support of international partners and the capacity to respond to challenges was pointed out by Minister for Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs Nemanja Starović.
According to Emmanuel Julien, ILO Deputy Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, social dialogue should not be just an abstract set of rules, but a process with formal and informal aspects, customized to Serbia until it is a mature, useful, result-oriented, and recognized part of the society.
The contribution of the new project to the improvement of working conditions for all workers in Serbia was stressed by His Excellency Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation in Serbia, Emanuele Giaufret.
Zoran Mihajlović, the Secretary of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Serbia, expressed his happiness about the start of this project and his belief in necessity of strengthening of the framework of social dialogue. He said that it is the task on which all the parts should work seriously, diligently and with dedication, because the situation is not exactly what it should be.
According to Čedanka Andrić from the Trade Union Confederation NEZAVISNOST, the implementation of the project is expected to lead to a greater role for bipartite and tripartite negotiations and to stop the fragmentation of the labour law.
As Miloš Nenezić, President of the Union of Employers, explained, the support of the ILO and the EU is necessary for strengthening of social dialogue in Serbia as it is at a really low level.
Mr. Nenezić said that it is essential to prevent problems and address new challenges proactively to improve Serbian society, but it can only be done through a formal discussion of all three parties of this partnership, on the national, regional and local level.
Regulatory analyses, tripartite discussions and consultations and practical negotiation training will be undertaken to implement the 2.5-year project. All partners, namely the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs, workers’ and employers’ organizations, the Social and Economic Council, and the Agency for the Peaceful Settlement of Labour Disputes of the Republic of Serbia will strongly support it.
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Read moreSwiss government to boost employment for Ukrainian refugees
According to the Swiss government, more Ukrainian refugees should take up jobs in Switzerland. The government has instructed the Department of Justice and Police to prepare a consultation draft by February 2025, including proposed legal amendments to support their work integration. The government made this decision based on the report from the evaluation group on […]
Read moreILO, Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs and social partners of the Republic of Serbia team up to strengthen social dialogue
To strengthen social dialogue in Serbia so that the government, employers and trade unions can jointly create an environment where the rights and obligations of workers and employers are well-balanced, contributing to the development of a more stable, equal and successful society, the ILO, with funding from the European Union, launched a new project “Strengthening […]
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