{"id":139884,"date":"2025-05-26T13:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139884\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarus-employed-workforce-shrinks-after-growing-since-october-2024","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139884\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 employed workforce shrinks after growing since October 2024\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belkommunmash-minsknews.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belkommunmash-minsknews.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belkommunmash-minsknews-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belkommunmash-minsknews-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belkommunmash-minsknews-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belkommunmash-minsknews-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Minsk Novosti)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 26, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The Belarusian economy employed 4.136 million people in April, 0.3 percent fewer than in March, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2018s analysis of the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April 2024, the economy employed 4.127 million people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number hovered around 4.13 million throughout 2024 but had been steadily rising for six months since last October, from 4.118 million to 4.138 in March 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The employment rate of the working-age population amounted to 84.5 percent in January-March, rising 1.6 percent compared to the last quarter of 2024.<\/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\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka spells out obligations for employers wishing to hire foreigners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 21, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has signed an edict introducing additional obligations for employers wishing to hire foreign workers from countries outside of the Eurasian Economic Union, his press office reports. Employers must test migrants&#039; command of Russian or Belarusian &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/139133\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 26, Pozirk. The Belarusian economy employed 4.136 million people in April, 0.3 percent fewer than in March, according to Pozirk\u2018s analysis of the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) data. In April 2024, the economy employed 4.127 million people. 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