{"id":154350,"date":"2025-09-08T21:36:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154350\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"labor-ministry-announces-unlimited-language-test-retakes-for-migrant-workers","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154350\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor ministry announces unlimited language test retakes for migrant workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 8, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> If a migrant worker fails the Russian or Belarusian language test, they may retake it an unlimited number of times, the state media has reported, citing First Deputy Labor Minister Ta\u0107ciana Astrejka. There will be no time limit between tries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Knowledge of a state language \u200b\u200bis mandatory for migrant workers representing 11 professions: driver, waiter, hairdresser, salesperson, orderly, administrator, obstetrician, specialist doctor (all medical specialties), nurse (all medical specialties), assistant doctor for outpatient care and paramedic (all medical specialties).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll of these trades involve direct contact with the public. This decision was made to improve the quality of services provided to the public,\u201d Astrejka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Workers may not sign an employment contract without a passed exam.<\/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\/08\/mvd-pakistan-20250827-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mvd-pakistan-20250827-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mvd-pakistan-20250827-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mvd-pakistan-20250827-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mvd-pakistan-20250827-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mvd-pakistan-20250827.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Pakistan to check workers it sends to Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 27, Pozirk. Several thousand Pakistanis will come to Belarus for work, Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said at a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Ivan Kubrako\u016d today, according to Pakistan\u2019s interior ministry. The ministers agreed to strengthen cooperation in &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/152790\">\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>September 8, Pozirk. If a migrant worker fails the Russian or Belarusian language test, they may retake it an unlimited number of times, the state media has reported, citing First Deputy Labor Minister Ta\u0107ciana Astrejka. There will be no time limit between tries. Knowledge of a state language \u200b\u200bis mandatory for migrant workers representing 11 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[17,13],"class_list":["post-154350","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Labor ministry announces unlimited language test retakes for migrant workers | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 8, Pozirk. 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