How many companies do it want to increase and how much to reduce employment?
Plans to increase employment In the next three months, i.e. until August, it has 11 percent. companies. 8 percent enterprises are planning the opposite step, i.e. reduction of employment – results from the May study of the “monthly economic index”, about which the Institute informed in its “Tygodnik Gospodarczy”.
The publication emphasized that these plans vary depending on the region. 19 percent companies from the Łódź and Świętokrzyskie voivodships (central macro -region) want to employ more employees. For the Masovian Voivodeship, this percentage is 15 percent.
Most plans for employment reduction (12 percent) were recorded in the Podlasie, Lublin and Podkarpackie voivodships (Eastern Macroregion) – stated.
The problem of high employee costs
As Pie indicated, Employee costs are strongly felt by 71 percent. companies, But still 8 percent. plans to increase salaries in the next three months. Experts pointed out that business costs from Eastern Macroregion (74 percent), northern, i.e. the province. Pomeranian, Warmian-Masurian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian (73 percent) and central (72 percent). Despite this, only 3-5 percent in the last two macroregions. companies plan to reduce employment – the authors of the study pointed out.
According to Pie information, 44 percent he sees enterprises Unavailability of employees as a barrier that strongly hinders activity – Regional diversity is also visible here. In the North-West Macroregion (West Pomeranian, Greater Poland and Lubuskie Voivodeship), more than half of the companies complain about the unavailability of employees (58 percent). At the same time, in these voivodships “only” 66 percent He complains about high employee costs (compared to 71 percent on a national scale) – it was noted.
According to the authors of the study, statistics indicate the growing importance of local labor market conditions. Cadre decisions are increasingly determining factors such as Availability of qualified workforcethe economic structure of the region or competition for employees – indicated.
Company adaptation strategy
PIE experts emphasized that in many cases the company, instead of reducing employment, choose adaptive strategies, e.g. Investments in automation, outsourcing (ordering services to other companies – PAP) or Flexible forms of work. This indicates the resistance of the labor market and the change in the approach to human resource management in conditions of high costs and limited availability of employees – assessed.
Pie “monthly business index” was conducted in May at a sample of 500 companies.
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