More than 220,000 Ukrainian women have found employment in Poland since Russia’s war on Ukraine started, the Polish family and social policy minister has said.
“This is good news for our labour market, as all the meetings with employers clearly show that we need more hands on deck,” Marlena Malag said.
She said that the labour market in Poland was “very absorptive”.
Under a special law, Ukrainian citizens who arrived in Poland after February 24, when Russia invaded Ukraine, can take up employment without the need to apply for a work permit.
Malag also said that about 1.2 million Ukrainian nationals had been granted a PESEL number, which gave them access to the Polish labour market and public services, and that 500,000 of them, mainly women, were of working age.
The Polish Border Guard’s recent data show that around 3.95 million refugees, mainly women and children, have crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border into Poland since Russia’s war on Ukraine started. (The First News/Business World Magazine)