Germany’s Labour Market Opens to Non-EU Workers: Implications for Poland
Germany’s Labour Market Opens to Non-EU Workers: Implications for Poland

Author(s): Katarzyna Michalska
Subject(s): National Economy, Labor relations, Economic policy, International relations/trade, Economic development, Law on Economics, Migration Studies, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Germany; German economy; labour market; non-EU workers; qualified workers; employment conditions; economic migrants; labour law;
Summary/Abstract: In March 2020, the new ”Skilled Immigration Act” for qualified professionals from non-EU countries will come into force in Germany. Polish employers are concerned that better employment conditions in that country will encourage Ukrainian economic migrants to leave Poland. However, only some of them will meet the criteria stipulated in the act. If Poland adopts a new labour law improving the procedures for employing foreigners, there likely will be no mass emigration of Ukrainians to Germany in the coming years.

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