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For its part, the Employment Service says there are no problems hiring at least seasonal workers: the procedure has been simplified and there is no way to make it easier.
Giedrius Surplys, a member of the Seimas, said that although unemployment was huge at first glance, it was difficult to find employees.
“On the one hand, you need workers for larger companies, gardeners, planters who need a lot of seasonal workers. On the other hand, unemployment has risen and we have more than 200 thousand. unemployed people. We need to go deeper, because the system forces people not to work, and we would like to instill in people from third countries, worsen the conditions of our people and perhaps stop people who want to return from emigration ”, explains Arūnas Svitojus, president . of the Chamber of Agriculture.
Algis Baravykas, director of the Lithuanian Pig Farmers Association, gives a concrete example that, for example, Cestos Maistas has a slaughterhouse in Vilnius, farms in different districts, poultry farms and a chain of shops. Although it employs more than 700 people, it is difficult to find people. The more so since the sector is not profitable and difficult to pay high salaries. The benefits paid simply prevent people from being accepted.
“Profits are a politically uncomfortable topic, but that’s why we have to force people to come in because we can’t produce products,” explains A. Baravykas.
The problem for gardeners is that when hiring people for seasonal jobs using so-called service vouchers, the amount that can be paid is limited and must be increased.
Jonas Vilionis, a representative of the Lithuanian Agriculture Council, says he has seen the problem for a long time. In Lithuania, theoretically 6 thousand. Tractors, many milkers and the Employment Service constantly send the same people with a single application to be issued a certificate that they do not meet the requirements.
Also, when the tractor costs 300 thousand. This may not give all drinkers a chance to drive. Change the procedure so that we can incorporate agricultural professionals into a simplified procedure as tractor drivers. Until now, the bureaucracy is huge and continues for months, ”says J. Vilionis.
Vitalija Kuliešienė, president of the Lithuanian Association of Commercial Gardens “Fruits and berries”, a representative of gardeners, says that in September, when hundreds of people are needed to harvest. It would be easier if people from other sectors already had the opportunity to recruit people without the tenders announced by the Employment Service and hire them. Another problem is the taxation of income. In 2012, once approved, they can be used for a fee of up to € 18 per day. No one is working for that amount today and it is necessary to increase the amount.
Surplys says agriculture as of January 1. included in the list of professions for which people from third countries can work through a simplified procedure, but the activities are very specific. Perhaps your list needs to be expanded.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Agriculture says it has received a request to include milkers, tractor drivers and people of similar specialties on the list and that the request has been sent to the Employment Service and the ministry would support the simplification.
Rasa Malaiškienė, chief specialist of the Labor Market Division of the Ministry of Social Security and Labor, says that getting a permit to work in seasonal jobs for 6 months. per year very simple. All you have to do in the application is to indicate the details of the foreigner and where he will live. The request is processed within 7 days. The employer can be divided into periods of several months. The permit itself costs 34 euros. There is no qualification requirement.
A spokeswoman for the Employment Service says benefits are no longer a barrier to returning to the job market. As the law changed, the number of those people dropped from 300 to 40,000.
“The representatives of our bureaucratic apparatus draw everything perfectly, but let them try to bring in a tractor driver themselves. He must have almost graduated from university. Obtaining a visa is not so easy either. Why not include a milker or a tractor driver , a farm worker? If a person suits me, why can’t I bring him in? ”Resiente J. Vilionis.
Ms Malaiškienė reiterated that all third-country nationals and their groups in the EU are grouped according to their qualifications. A work permit for a foreigner can be obtained in a few days. We must comply with the requirements established by the EU.
Zofija Cironkienė, director of the Lithuanian Vegetable Growers Association, joked that the officials spoke so convincingly that she even believed the system was very simple. However, the Employment Service states that a work permit will only be issued for a foreigner when there are no people with such qualifications in Lithuania and it is sent to people who do not want to work. Then the Poles will send us Ukrainians on duty and pay taxes to Poland.
The Rural Affairs Commission of the Seimas decided in a separate session to prepare proposals on what is worth changing.
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