While in most Western countries the greatest demand is for skilled manual trades and technicians, for Romania the highest demand is for engineers. And we thank you for your support. help us innovate for the future. is also an important cause to the present situation on the labour market. But since the country’s EU accession, Romanians are witnessing one of the biggest and most rapid salary increases in Eastern Europe. Efficacité et Transparence des Acteurs Européens
However, most of these countries also introduced sector-specific exceptions, for example by allowing quotas or unrestricted access for highly-skilled labour.The situation sparked a vast labour exodus to Western Europe, creating labour shortages in many sectors of Romania’s economy and slowing the country’s economic growth.In order to tackle the crisis, the Romanian government is encouraging repatriation, while trying to attract workers from outside the EU to fill gaps in the labour market. Romanian firms have already been in contact with countries such as China, India, Pakistan and Kenya, and the first arrivals of foreign workers are expected in 2009. "When they have travelled thousands of miles to find a job, it is obvious that they will obey without flinching and work unpaid overtime for fear of being sent back to their country," says Costin, who heads SNB, one of the country's main trade union confederations.Across the border in Hungary, trade unionists make the same accusations.Employers "exploit the language barriers by faking even their working papers", says Pallagi, the head of the construction workers' union.Zoltan Laszlo, head of the Metallurgical Trade Union, says Hungarian employees likewise are under pressure from their bosses who tell them they are "easily replaceable" by Ukrainians, Mongolians or Vietnamese.Mihaela RODINA and Ionut IORDACHESCU with Peter MURPHY in BudapestBucharest was forced to recruit far beyond EU borders for workers, a local mayor says (AFP Photo/Adrian Catu)Kvyat set for five-place grid penalty for British GPIncredible $49 Smartwatch is Taking Australia By StormRacing Point has no issues with Perez’s Mexican tripFlavours of ice cream maker, 87, makes Hungarians nostalgicStaples customer who told woman to wear mask is thrown to ground, has broken legTrump says fed agents to stay in Portland until police 'cleanup'Companies in New South Wales Have Discovered Fleet TrackersYouTuber offers $100,000 to the first person to solve his riddle: ‘Insanely hard’'We call them jump-out boys': Videos of protesters getting picked up by unmarked police cars spark outrage, but many say it's not newTrump says he doesn’t 'think' Herman Cain caught coronavirus at the Tulsa rallyTrump says he thinks Russian bounty allegations are 'another Russia hoax' AP Analysis: Why Trump's election delay tweet mattersPHOTOS: John Lewis – congressman and civil rights activist – a life of extraordinary serviceTrump says he'll act to ban TikTok in US as soon as SaturdayKim Kardashian reportedly 'torn' over divorcing Kanye West after 'emotional' reunionSuri Cruise Is Trending in Thong Sandals & Slouchy-Chic Sweats For a Dog WalkRepublicans attack Fauci and defend Trump at coronavirus hearingFlorida and Mississippi report record increases in COVID-19 deaths They also admitted they did not consider training unemployed Romanians to be a solution either, arguing that once they had learned a profession, they would leave the country to work abroad for a higher salary. Workers from the Third World countries will be paid some 200 dollars per month plus meal vouchers, which according to the Romanian press is ten times more than their income back home. The situation sparked a vast labour exodus to Western Europe, creating labour shortages in many sectors of Romania’s economy and slowing the country’s economic growth.