Labour ministry concerned about recent layoffs at Polish firms
Poland's family, labour and social policy minister has expressed concerns about a series of redundancies that have recently swept across Polish companies and said her ministry has been monitoring the situation.
Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bak was asked Polish Radio One on Friday about recent reports about group layoffs in companies.
"A significant part of the redundancies taking place at the moment are announced layoffs which were reported last year," she said
"In fact, there are a lot of these group layoffs," she admitted.
She also commented that Poland remains a country with one of the lowest levels of unemployment in the European Union.
According to the latest Eurostat data, the unemployment rate in Poland stood at 2.9 pct in February, the same as in January. The average unemployment rate in EU countries is 5.9 pct, she said.
Dziemianowicz-Bak went on to say that "regardless of this, all group dismissal processes must be carefully monitored and we, as the ministry, are monitoring these processes." (PAP)
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