The need for foreign workers in Bosnia and Herzegovina is increasing, so that is why the Chamber of Chamber of Republika Srpska recently requested the abolition of the quota of work permits for the import of foreign workers.
Easier procedures with stricter security controls is what businessmen want.
This initiative was sent to the BiH Ministry of Civil Affairs, Secretary of the Construction Materials Association in the RS Chamber of Commerce, which in the interview for “independent newspapers” expires that this is required for a long time.
“We just have no homework. One part went to the Western countries, one part is in front of the career heading, ie ending with work. We have no young people who have taken that knowledge and skills to replace the missing workforce and in connection, it is necessary to complete the projects, so that the economy could function normally. It would be good to abolish quotas, that there is no one, that it is simply to be the entry of labor strictly controlled for security reasons, and that the procedures are simplified, “explains the reasons for the submission of the Petrović’s initiative.
He points out that he hopes that in the future time that initiative will surely see the light of the day, otherwise the problems will occur.
“We will only come to trouble if we have projects, and we do not have work forces to end. We do not end up domestic capacities, so this, it can be said, the random needs of the economy. Previous experiences with foreign workers in different profiles have proven to be very effective, “said Petrović for” independent newspapers “.
That Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska will not resist the trends that have ruled in BiH and RS market, but also in the region, and the Serbian President of the Employers ‘Employers’ President, emphasizing that the Croatian Lani betrayed 200,000 work permits, and that Serbia has arrived close to 100,000.
“That trend will increase in these countries, and we expect it to be in BiH. What we constantly emphasize is that the procedures of the arrival of foreign workers should be simplified, but the security checks that should be done and which should be even more rigorous, but that the process is expeditious and faster, “says Škrebić for” Independent newspapers “.
Foreign workers are also needed by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and according to Adnan Smailbegović, the President of the Employers of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, most of them are lacking in the field of construction, catering and industry.
They submitted one similar initiative in this entity, but did not propose complete liberalization, but declaring deficit occupations.
“We suggested that these deficit occupations have free imports of labor, that they do not have to be subject to quotas, that it is a faster procedure, and any occupations that are not deficient, which have the work market, that they go to the quota system. We went according to that model not to be liberalized by the end, but only for those occupations that are deficient for “independent newspapers”, adding that their proposal is incorporated into the Law on Employment of foreigners at the FBiH level, which is in Procedures, that is, in the form of a draft.
He adds that employment institutes or the state agency could easily establish what occupations are deficient.
We are reminded, the overall quota of work permits for extension and new employment of foreigners in BiH in 2025. It is 7,229, of which 4,490 permits, on RS 2,000, on the Brcko District of 739 work permits.
