Every fifth in Saxony: companies rely on international workers!

Every fifth in Saxony: companies rely on international workers!

Sachsen, Deutschland - In the Free State of Saxony, an impressive development can be observed: Every fifth company currently employs international workers. A new statistics of the Federal Employment Agency proves that 22 percent of Saxon companies are employed by employees from abroad-this is a doubling compared to 2015. According to Klaus-Peter Hansen, the head of the State Agency of Labor, this development is extremely important, since the local workers are not sufficient to compensate for the age-related departures caused by the demographic change. The growing variety in the company creates jobs and promotes cohesion within the workforce, such as It is particularly noticeable that larger companies employ a much higher proportion of foreign employees than smaller companies. Only ten percent of the companies with 1 to 4 employees rely on international workers, while in companies with 20 to 99 employees, 58 percent of foreign employees are already working. Especially in gastronomy and logistics, the highest odds of foreign staff are shown, with for example, every second employee has a foreign passport in the hospitality industry, so tag24.de

variety of origin

The international workforce in Saxony is diverse: Vietnamese are active in the catering, Latin Americans in nursing, while Africans work in the logistics industry. In addition, it turns out that the cities of Leipzig and Dresden are particularly dependent on international employees; Around 30 percent of the companies are already relying on foreign specialists. This is crucial to meet the needs of the changing Saxon world of work and to remedy bottlenecks in various industries. These developments underline the need to integrate international workers more into the Saxon economy in order to combat the ongoing shortage of skilled workers.