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Summer Cares of the Dragonfly and the Ant

Summer has arrived. A few more days – and school and university exams will be left behind. And ahead is a well-deserved rest! You want to take off for a week to the sea, have a beer in Prague, buy…

Every tenth German works illegally

Every tenth German of working age works illegally at least partially. This is the result of a study commissioned by the Danish Rockwool Foundation. According to this study, 4.1% of Germany's gross…

New employment rules in the UAE

Cancellation of a work visa for foreign workers will entail a ban on employment in the United Arab Emirates for 6 months. Such is the order of the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the UAE…

How Germany catches illegal immigrants

Foreigners do not take jobs from Czechs

Slovaks, Ukrainians, Bulgarians, and Poles are all of interest to Czech employers for what most local workers lack: a willingness to work for minimum pay and live in minimally comfortable living…

Au pair in Germany: family member or servant?

At discos, in courses, or in new circles, I often hear the question: "How come you're in Germany, on the 'au pair' thing?" At first I didn't understand what, in fact, was being said — what this 'au…

Who has the right to offer Ukrainians work abroad

Today, Zagranitsa offers its readers exclusive information prepared jointly with specialists from the Department of Employment Policy and Labor Migration of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of…

Every fifth Ukrainian is working abroad

Every fifth economically active Ukrainian is currently working abroad, according to Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Nina Karpacheva. She made this statement in a recent speech from the…

Nurse - a profession needed in the West

We have already discussed the problems of employment of our doctors abroad ("Zagranitsa" No. 13). And today our conversation is again about medical workers. This time the focus is on nurses. Annette…

Problems of export and import of labor force discussed at seminar of organizations providing employment abroad

From February 25 to 28, 2003, the All-Russian seminar-meeting of organizations providing assistance in employment abroad was held at the UMC 'Bolshevo'. The seminar was held with the assistance of…

Working as an 'Older Sister'

We have written about the Au Pair program more than once. And still the flow of questions does not diminish. Some are interested in the legality of this program, others in the status of an au pair in…