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Despite the uncertainty caused to the economy and businesses by the war in Ukraine, the problem of lack of human resources continues to be of great concern to the Cypriot business. Shortcomings continue to exist, with the result that the Technical Committees continue to work with the technical committees to consider relevant requests from companies for the employment of staff from third countries.
The Ministry of Labor continues to implement a restrictive policy, but where needs are confirmed, the green light is given for the employment of foreign workers. Already, as “F” is informed, around 1,000 licenses have been approved for the hotel sector in the context of examining relevant requests in technical committees in which trade unions also participate. At this stage, according to the same information, technical committees in the Department of Labor, in which employers and unions participate, are examining applications for licenses in the leisure centers and restaurants sector, while there will be a follow-up examination of applications in retail and wholesale trade./p>
As we wrote again, the new licenses are granted under conditions only if the staffing needs are confirmed and their non-coverage by the local and Community market with a maximum number per company so that the number of foreign workers from third countries does not exceed 30% of its total staff.
However, the observed shortages in the labor market that seem to “withstand” the inflationary shocks for the time being with unemployment continuing to be at controlled levels are confirmed by a relevant request of the CCCI included in the letter sent by the President of the Chamber to the President of the Republic. to deal with the effects of the Ukrainian. The issue of staff shortages continues to exist in Retail and Horeca companies and the solutions so far are insufficient. “Companies want to hire staff and not lay off.” Examine applications for staff recruitment from third countries. The expansion of the sectors where students from third countries can work is a good initiative but it does not solve the problem because it does not increase their number “, he states in the letter of the CCCI, which is known to have provoked strong reactions due to the request for ATA freeze and of the implementation of the National Minimum Wage.
The lack of human resources that continues to plague several sectors of the economy is also demonstrated by the new decree issued last Wednesday by Labor Minister Zeta Aimilianidou, regarding the professions in which foreign students from third countries who are already on the island can work. With the revised decree that OEB has already promoted to its members, the professions of Assistant staff in Clinics or Assistant Ward have been specifically added to the Health – & nbsp; Social Care sector, meaning that they hold a high school diploma and basic Greek according to an instruction of the Minister of Health. Addition that confirms the staff shortages that is also presented in the health sector on the island. We remind you that only in March this decree was amended again, multiplying the professions in the hotel and food industry in which foreign students can work, adding to this profession of the waiter that did not exist before, the hotel reception staff, this waiter/while students can now work as bartenders/bartenders in hotels and leisure centers and restaurants. However, the students, as at least the licenses that followed the decree for the employment of foreign staff showed, did not meet the needs of the hotel and food industry, at least not completely.
