Escape of the workforce, severe shock for the country

Independent Private Sector Union Chairman Yusuf Azemi warns a major shock of lack of labour, which, according to him, will begin to feel since spring.

Azem has mentioned several factors that contribute to the escape of the country's workforce.

“Based on the data we have, a major shock of lack of labor will be in the spring, as many jobs, external environments are cut off and those workers are transported and working in the internal environments where conditions are created. Otherwise, when the spring season begins, it will be seen that it will indeed be Kosovo's biggest blow to the lack of workers in Kosovo's private sectors. It is not always just a salary that determines the position or escape from Kosovo, but it is the Law on Safety and Health at Work and other laws dealing with Kosovo private sector workers”, Azemi says.

That it is already feeling clearly lack of labour force, says the chairman of the Union of Independent Trade Unions of Kosovo, Father and Hykoki.

Hycol shows that they have submitted requests to employers that employees treat them with dignity, as in his view the departure of the labour force from the country may stop,

The “is feeling a lack of workers in Kosovo. We as BSPK have long raised the problem of conscious employers guarding Kosovo employees, so we have asked employers to deal with employees dignifiedly, to have dignified wages, but to have a good attitude in relation to employees... Even when employees don't respect their employees, then we're out of business... If the dignity of those employed in Kosovo, then I believe most of the workers didn't have to leave Kosovo”, Hycol says.

And in terms of improving conditions and preventing the departure of the working force, Kosovo's Chamber of Commerce and Industry has taken several steps.

Fjolla Smaili-Amem from this Chamber says that in this direction they have signed memorandums of co-operation with universities. According to her, this initiative serves to become the bridge between university and member businesses in order for both sides to benefit from such co-operation.

“As the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, we have signed several memorandums of co-operation, primarily with Pristina University and with specific faculties within its context, with the sole goal of providing business labor power, but also many students who graduate in different fields and departments have the opportunity to still not complete their studies on the job market. Such an initiative has also had positive results, because we are aware of the practice of having many students who graduate and unfortunately forced to work jobs or other professions that do not comply with the field of their studies.”, Azem says.

Azemi says one of the main reasons that many young and young people are leaving the country should be better working conditions and a better salary for them in European countries, compared to Kosovo. /kp