Germany extends block on workers from Eastern Europe to 2011
expatica.com     Jul 20, 2008            

Restrictions on lower qualified workers from new EU members, mainly east European countries, have been extended into 2011 Berlin -- The German cabinet decided on Wednesday to extend a block on workers from new members of the European Union in eastern Europe into 2011. The cabinet simultaneously decided to ease restrictions on highly qualified workers, effectively opening its borders to those with university or higher technical qualifications from the 10 countries concerned from the beginning of next year. German employers will from then on no longer have to show that there are no suitably qualified applicants from Germany or other EU members. The restrictions on lower qualified workers from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which joined the EU in May 2004, remain in force... [read full story]                    


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