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Ukraine to introduce fight or work regime PM
Kiev needs to collect more taxes to fund the war against Moscow’s troops, Prime Minister Denis Shmigal has said Ukrainian citizens will have to choose between being drafted into the army or working and paying all their taxes, Prime Minister Denis Shmigal has said. The government needs to rely more on its own resources to […]
Read moreMinimum wage in 2025 will be 53,592 dinars
After the session of the Socio-Economic Council, representatives of the trade unions, employers, and the Government addressed the public regarding the results of their talks about increasing minimum wage. Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević announced that, for the first time in six years, the minimum wage was agreed upon during the session, meaning that the […]
Read moreOver 13,000 foreigners work in Kazakhstan
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan has indicated that 13,835 foreign nationals are currently employed in the country, Kazinform News Agency reports. The majority of foreign employees are specialists and skilled workers, with 5,097 and 538 individuals, respectively. Additionally, 559 foreigners are employed as managers and […]
Read moreGeorgian labour rights advocates challenge Evolution at OECD
The Social Justice Centre (SJC), a Tbilisi-based advocacy group, have announced that they have filed a complaint with the Swedish ‘contact points’ at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on behalf of striking employees of Evolution Georgia. Employees of Evolution Georgia, primarily card shufflers and game presenters, began their strike on 12 July, […]
Read moreMore than 10,000 ethnic Kazakhs came back to Kazakhstan in January- July 2024
According to Kazinform News Agency, 10,134 ethnic Kazakhs have returned to Kazakhstan and received the status of kandas as of August 1, 2024.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection reports that 47.5% of the ethnic immigrants came from China, 37% arrived from Uzbekistan, 5.8% from Turkmenistan, 5.2% from Mongolia, 3.2% from Russia and 1.3% came from other countries.
59% of ethnic immigrants are people of employable age, 31.3% are underage children and 9.7% are pensioners as of August 1, 2024.
The majority of them were located in workforce-deficit areas, such as Akmola, Abai, Kostanay, Pavlodar, East Kazakhstan and North Kazakhstan regions.
Some benefits are provided to those settling in the abovementioned areas.
Firstly, each family member gets a lump-sum travel costs to the amount of 70MCI (monthly calculation indices) (258,400 tenge). Secondly, each family gets a monthly housing rent and utility allowance for the period of 12 months, amounting from 15 to 30 MCI depending on the number of family members (from 55,300 to 110,700 tenge).
Since 1991, 1,138,500 ethnic Kazakhs in total have come back to the historical motherland.
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Read moreStatistics office reports a 3.1% decrease of unemployment rate in Georgia in Q2
A new update of data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia shows a decrease by 3.1 percent of unemployment rate in Georgia in the second quarter of 2024 year-on-year and (13.7 percent across the country).
According to Geostat, the number of hired employees had increased by 2.1 percent (935,800 individuals), while the number of self-employed had increased by 10.1 percent (451,500).
The Office reported a 17.7 percent decrease of the number of unemployed in the same period (219,700).
An increase by 2.8 percentage points was shown by the employment rate (47 percent) and a 1.3 percentage points growth was demonstrated by the share of the labour force in the total population aged 15 and older increased by year-on-year (54.5 percent).
3 percentage points increase of employment rate was registered in urban settlements (47.9 percent) and by 2.5 percentage points in rural areas (45.8 percent).
The Office reported that 67.5 percent among employed individuals were hired employees (1.6 percentage points lower than the previous year’s corresponding period).
The decrease of the unemployment rate in both urban areas and rural settlements was by 3.5 and 2.5 percentage points respectively in Q2.
The rate was traditionally higher for men (2.6 percentage points down, 10.9 percent) than for women (3.6 percentage points decrease, 15.9 percent).
According to Geostat, the indicator of the labour force participation rate was 44.4 percent for women (increased by 1.5 percentage points) and 66.1 percent for men (1 percentage points up) in Q2.
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Read moreLithuania will extend temporary residence permits for refugees from Ukraine
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Lithuania has prepared a government resolution on the extension of temporary protection of refugees from Ukraine until March 4, 2026. The term of the previous one expires in March 2025. This was reported by the Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT. The Migration Department of Lithuania says that every day 30-40 […]
Read moreOver 1/3 of employers are planning layoffs and price increases if minimum wage goes up
The Serbian Employers’ Union has not yet proposed a specific amount by which the minimum wage should be increased, but it underlines that the most important parameters for businesses in Serbia are the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) and inflation. “The unions have come forward with their proposal. We haven’t yet presented a specific […]
Read moreOver 10,000 ethnic Kazakhs return to Kazakhstan in 7M2024
10,134 ethnic Kazakhs have returned to Kazakhstan and received the status of kandas as of August 1, 2024, Kazinform News Agency reports. According to the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, 47.5% of the ethnic immigrants came from China. 37% arrived from Uzbekistan, 5.8% are from Turkmenistan, 5.2% from Mongolia, 3.2% from Russia and 1.3% […]
Read moreUnemployment rate in Georgia down by 3.1% in Q2, statistics office says
Unemployment rate in Georgia decreased by 3.1 percent in the second quarter of 2024 year-on-year and equalled 13.7 percent across the country. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge Unemployment rate in Georgia decreased by 3.1 percent in the second quarter of 2024 year-on-year and equalled 13.7 percent across the country, a new update of data from the National […]
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