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Belarusian Flagships Massively Fire Employees21.08.2022, 16:30 8,900 Large and medium-sized companies of Belarus spoke about the state of the labor market.In the first half of 2022, the country's main businesses reflected the outflow of personnel.In January-June 2022, employers in large and medium-sized organizations laid off 332.0 thousand people. During the same period, the number of people hired amounted to 277.2 thousand — these are the operational estimates of the statistical agencies, the banki24.by website writes.Thus, on a net basis, the outflow of personnel from flagship enterprises amounted to 54.8 thousand people. Compare: in January-June 2021, the net outflow from the grossing companies amounted to 47.5 thousand people (according to operational accounting).In addition to absolute indicators of the labor market, there are relative ones. For example, the replacement rate for laid-off workers hired for 6 months of 2021 was 86.0%, and for 6 months of the current one it decreased to 83.5% (according to Belstat).For reference: the replacement rate shows how many workers were hired to replace a certain number of those laid off. If the coefficient is less than 100%, there is an outflow of personnel in the labor market; if it is more than 100%, there is an inflow.In January-June, the number of people laid off due to the liquidation of the organization or personnel optimization amounted to 3.5 thousand people. In 2021, over the same period, this cohort of laid-offs was wider — 4.0 thousand in 6 months.This year, compared with the previous year, the number of dismissals for absenteeism and other violations of discipline has increased. For 6 months of 2021, 17.7 thousand people were counted at the flagships, and in 2022 it was already 18.1 thousand.About 5.0 thousand people in the agricultural sector, 5.6 thousand in industry, 1.6 thousand in construction, 3.2 thousand in retail trade left their jobs for absenteeism and other violations in 2022.In June 2022, the number of laid-off workers exceeded the number of those hired by 11.5 thousand people, and the replacement rate was 83.3%. More than half of the June cohort of those who left the flagships were provided by companies from Minsk (6.1 thousand).In January-June, 20.7 thousand people were fired on a net basis in Minsk, 6.5 thousand in the Brest region, 5.2 thousand in the Vitsebsk region, 6.8 thousand in the Homel region, 5.0 thousand in the Hrodna region, 5.5 thousand in Minsk region, and 5.2 thousand.In Minsk, the replacement rate for 6 months was 76.6% (the worst in the country), and in the regions it ranged from 84.5% in Brest to 89.4% in Minsk, in June 2022 — 66.0% in Minsk and 86.7-94.0% by regions.The flagships of the industry of the Republic of Belarus for 6 months of 2022 dismissed 11.0 thousand workers on a net basis (replacement rate 84.6%), the construction sector accounts for 7.0 thousand (70.6%), retail trade — 5.3 thousand (88.5%), transport and logistics — 4.8 thousand (72.1%), IT-sector — 8.2 thousand (48.1%), education — 8.2 thousand (79.6 %), and healthcare — 4.2 thousand (79.4%).Earlier it was reported that the Belarusian “flagships” are drowning in debt.
