Government will ease restrictions on employing non-EU foreigners

The government will ease restrictions on employing non-EU foreigners as of May 1, announced Deputy Labor Minister Branislav Ondruš (Smer). The lenient regime will apply to firms in regions with unemployment below 5% and to workers in short supply. The list of scarce professions will be drafted by a special committee made of representatives of the government, employers, and labor unions. Companies want to hire workers from Ukraine and Serbia, but it takes 6-9 months to get them work permits.

(dennikN.sk)