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Increase in foreign workers despite coronavirus, stats show

Ukrainians made up the largest group, with 532,000 being registered with ZUS. Wojciech Pacewicz

Latest data from Poland’s Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) shows that the number of foreign citizens – specifically, people from countries outside the EU – working in the country has gone up. 

Foreign workers sent EUR 882 mln from Poland in Q4 2019

In the 4th quarter of 2019 foreigners working in Poland sent PLN 3.9 billion (EUR 882 million) to their home countries, down by PLN 200 million (EUR 45 million) year on year, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) reported on Tuesday.

Increasing number of Poles opting to stay in Poland

With domestic unemployment at record lows, Polish workers are increasingly opting to stay at home, new research has found.

New law to make hiring foreign workers easier

As Polish companies struggle to find qualified workers, more have been hiring foreign citizens, above all from Ukraine. Right now, that can involve long waits and paperwork.

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