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Residence permits to work in Lithuania must be obtained by Ukrainians without temporary protection starting from September 2024
Ukrainian refugees without temporary protection will need a residence permit since September 1, 2024 to continue working in Lithuania.
Before that, Ukrainians could work in Lithuania even without a permit, due to certain conditions they met.
So, these changes will affect all those who used the visa-free regime or had a valid Schengen visa, as well as those who had national visas issued based on unforeseen circumstances.
According to the explanation of the Lithuanian Department of Migration, as soon as the new rule becomes effective, Ukrainians without temporary protection will be able to work only after they receive their permit and not from the submission date. It is suggested that everyone takes care of their application ahead of time.
It makes a foreigner who is not entitled to temporary protection but unable to return to Ukraine due to hostilities and who has applied for a temporary residence permit on work or humanitarian grounds be entitled to work from the date of obtaining a residence permit, and not from the date of submission of their application.
Lithuania’s Department of Migration assures that Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war who benefit from the Temporary Protection Mechanism introduced by the European Union in Lithuania after the Department of Migration grants them digital residence permit will not be affected by such changes.
So, newly arrived war refugees can start work when they apply for a temporary residence permit to the Migration Department under temporary protection, as before.
According to Lithuanian authorities, Ukrainian employees will not have to meet language requirements (to speak Lithuanian) to work in the country for at least another year (until 2025).
The period during which “categories of knowledge of the state language will not apply to the employment of foreign nationals under temporary protection in Lithuania” that initially was two years after receiving temporary protection, has been extended to three years by the country.
The period of temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees was extended until March 2025 by the decision of the Cabinet at the beginning of this year.
The Ministry of Social Security and Labor reported that almost 30,000 Ukrainians have found work in Lithuania since the beginning of the full-scale occupation of Ukraine by Russia from February 2022 until February 2024.
According to an International Organisation for Migration (IOM) survey of Ukrainian refugees living in Lithuania, 70 per cent of respondents were actively involved in the labour force (73 per cent of men and 70 per cent of women), while 30 per cent remained inactive (27 per cent of men and 30 per cent of women).
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There are many challenges for young people in the global labor market, in Kazakhstan as well. The International Labour Organization (ILO) reports 73 million unemployed young people worldwide, with one in five engaged neither in employment nor in education.
Economic instability makes young people particularly vulnerable in the labor market. Having completed higher or secondary specialized education, many young people accept existing job vacancies not aligning with their needs, often outside their field of study, or remain unemployed for extended periods.
About 40% of the country’s workforce in Kazakhstan is constituted by young people under 35, and over 75% of them were paid employees in 2023. 40% of the young workforce are employed by the service sector.
Nevertheless, there are some obstacles that hinder young people’s career development and their ability to secure employment.
The first barrier is unemployment: the issue remains significant, although its rate in Kazakhstan was 3.5% in 2023, significantly lower than the national average of 4.7%. Young people without high levels of professional training are more likely to remain unemployed. Also, higher unemployment rates are registered among young women (4.3%) compared to young men (2.9%).
The second obstacle is informal employment, which young people are more frequently engaged in compared to adults, especially young men. Rural self-employed young people, especially those with low education and income levels, are the most affected by informal employment.
The third problem is the Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET) category. Approximately 7.3% of Kazakh youth fall into it. The highest shares of NEET young people are in the Karagandy (10.3%) and Mangystau (10.2%) Regions, but this statistic varies significantly across the country.
As for the future of the labor market, it is necessary to mention a “demographic window” for economic growth that an increasing share of youth in its population will make Kazakhstan experience over the next 10-15 years.
Nevertheless, a declining birth rate and a growing elderly population will follow this temporary “youth bulge”.
According to international studies, younger workers are demanding new working conditions and emphasize on global trends like work-life balance. Flexible employment is another popular expectation among young people. At present, remote work is actual for less than 1% of Kazakhstan’s employed population, but, according to experts’ estimations, it has the potential for around 30%.
All these trends will make the labor market adapt to the younger generation’s needs and expectations. New employment models must be implemented and relevant educational programs must be developed by companies to prepare for these changes.
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