The data on leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina to work abroad is worrying. About 15 thousand workers go to Slovenia alone every year. The Slovenian labor market has needs for various professions. In the past few days, companies and professions have been presented in cities across Bosnia and Herzegovina. Are we running out of labor?
Driver. Then the manager of the company’s fleet. This is the path of Dragan Blagojević, a worker from Banja Luka, who has gone through 10 years of work in
Slovenia. He says it wasn’t easy.
DRAGAN BLAGOJEVIĆ, employee from Banja Luka
“Back then I left as a driver. It wasn’t as easy as it is now. It was a little more effort at the beginning. It took a lot of everything, more sacrifices.”
The need for workers in Slovenia is great. There are numerous professions in short supply. Among the most sought-after are healthcare workers. The needs of the labor market in Slovenia are similar to those in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
HELENA BLAŽUN VOŠNER, Maribor Health Center
“We really have a shortage of pediatrics. Then there are family medicine specialists. Likewise. We have 15,000 people in Maribor who are without doctors.”
The minimum net salary in Slovenia for full-time work is 902 euros. The average is 1,500 euros. 47 employers presented themselves to our workers in Banja Luka.
ANKA RODE, Employment Service of Slovenia
“A lot of them are from the state sector. So healthcare, long-term care, social. We have transport and storage, reorganisation of activities. Tourism, construction and so on.”
Since 2013 and the start of the implementation of the Agreement on Employment Mediation between Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, a total of 124,074 work permits for Slovenia have been issued.
“All persons who go abroad to work through the BiH Labor and Employment Agency are duly registered with the unemployment bureaus and have the right to work in the mentioned countries, as well as the domestic workforce in those countries. We do not have data for persons who go abroad without the BiH Labor and Employment Agency because these persons are not required to record their departure anywhere.”
Poor working conditions, low salaries. Political instability and a high level of corruption. This motivates workers from Bosnia and Herzegovina to seek a more stable environment for their families. During this time, we will import foreign workers, BHRT writes.
