For several months Poland’s labor market has been struggling with a significant manpower shortage that threatens to compromise the development of several major economic projects. Employers are increasingly turning to workers from the Far East (primarily India and Nepal). In order to facilitate the employment of non-EU workers, since the start of 2018 Poland has implemented two reforms on foreigners’ rights. The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has published a guide for both employers and workers on the new rules.
Far Eastern workers are being actively sought. Manpower needs are so pressing that employers are increasingly turning to non-EU workers and especially from India and Nepal. This new immigration wave replaces the former influx from Ukraine which commenced some fifteen years ago but which is now flagging. Streamlined hiring procedures for workers from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Russia no longer provide enough manpower to meet the growing demand.
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