{"id":136708,"date":"2025-05-05T11:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/136708\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"labor-minister-job-openings-rose-to-200000","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/136708\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor minister: job openings rose to 200,000 \u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 5, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Job openings in Belarus keep rising and have exceeded 200,000, Minister of Labor and Social Security Natalla Pa\u016dlu\u010denka said in an interview broadcast by the state-run <em>Belarus 1<\/em> TV channel yesterday evening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She linked the trend to recent legislation requiring employers to list vacancies on the official job bank website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 50 percent of the advertised jobs require secondary education or vocational training, Pa\u016dlu\u010denka said. Construction, agriculture and healthcare workers are in high demand, which is also reflected in wage growth, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wages in construction rose by more than 27 percent, in agriculture, by 23 percent and in industry, by 17 percent in the first quarter of 2025, according to the minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of employed has been rising for five consecutive months, with an increase of 37,500 since October 2024, Pa\u016dlu\u010denka said, linking the trend to the growing number of working pensioners after the removal of pension caps earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities reportedly managed to attract some 110,000 retirees to the labor market amid shortages of skilled workers in Belarus, partly attributable to migration triggered by politically-motivated reprisals that continue unabated since the 2020 political crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pakistan_rabochie_oae_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pakistan_rabochie_oae_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pakistan_rabochie_oae_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pakistan_rabochie_oae_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pakistan_rabochie_oae_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pakistan_rabochie_oae_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> The Viewer<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">The Viewer<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka defends controversial plan to invite Pakistani workers<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s proposal to invite up to 150,000 Pakistani workers has sparked anxiety across social media, but the Belarusian leader stands by the idea. \u201cOut of a thousand people, let\u2019s say, 60 or 100 can be foreigners,\u201d he told officials &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/longreads\/136000\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 5, Pozirk. 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