proportion of self-employed persons among foreigners is significantly higher than the proportion of all sole traders in the population. Despite the influx of foreigners, however, employment growth is likely to slow down this year and the next. Nevertheless, foreigners will remain an important source of the labour force even in the future.
to do. Companies often use foreign workers for one-off or temporary works. It may be in the situation when an enterprise has more orders, needs help with seasonal works or its own employees are ill. Companies often seek foreign workers through work agencies, which are able to deliver the appropriate staff very quickly and only for the period for which the company needs.
This brings higher flexibility to employers and the possibility of how to deal with labor shortages for certain work or a short period.
754,000 in Germany, this is an insignificant number.
increase in the number of citizenships by 5,100 in 2014, the highest yearly increase since 2000. Still, the Czech Republic ranks 24th in the number of citizenships granted in the ranging countries of the euro area.
comparison with developed countries of the euro area, the share of immigrants in the total population is still significantly lower; for example, in Austria foreigners represent 14% of the total population and in neighbouring Germany 10%.
Most of the foreigners residing long term in the Czech Republic also work there. In 2015, 87% of the total number of foreigners either worked there on the basis of a trade licence or an employment contract. The number of self-employed people is relatively stable; on the other hand, the number of employees is gradually rising (323,000 in 2015). This follows the statistics from the labour offices, the number of valid trade licences, the number of permits issued to foreigners from third countries, and Green and Blue Cards (Blue Cards enable long-term residence for the purpose of highly qualified employment).