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Providence Project meetingPoland, Katowice, 8th of June 2010

Information about the situation on the labour market in the

Śląskie Voivodship

Department of Labour Market Observatory

Research and analyses

Data bases drawn up by department staff are used for monitoring the unemployment circulation in the region, its

districts and communes. Apart from data collection, deep case analyses that facilitate defining labour market policy and

promote different measures used to reduce unemployment effects are also carried out. Research poll among specific

groups of the unemployed population and employers is carried out as well.

Since 2005, according to the updated statute of employment promotion and labour market institutions, occupations in demand and in supply monitoring has been carried out

every 6 months.

The unique economic position of the Śląskie Voivodship results from the fact that it is the most industrialised and urbanised region in Poland

The high urbanisation rate is evidenced by the value of almost 79% of the population inhabiting the region’s 71 towns  

The largest towns of the Śląskie Voivodship:Katowice 309 621 inhabitants Częstochowa 240 612 inhabitants Sosnowiec 221 259 inhabitants Gliwice 196 669 inhabitants Zabrze 188 401 inhabitantsBytom 183 829 inhabitantsBielsko-Biała 175 677 inhabitantsRuda Śląska 148 930 inhabitants

Specification Poland Voivodship

TOTAL Poland=100%

Population in thous. 38,2 mln 4,6 mln 12,2%

Population per 1 km2 122 people /1 km2 377 people 1 km2

Data of the Slaskie Voivodship

Population (30 september 2009) - 4 642 942

Source: Statistical Office in Katowice http://www.stat.gov.pl/katow/index_PLK_HTML.htm

The Śląskie Voivodeship is the most important industrial region, located in the southern part of Poland

There are 28 active had cola-mines in the region,EMPLOYED PERSONS 108 900

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The Beskidy Mountains are an ideal place for walking tourism. The mountain ranges of the Beskid Śląski and Żywiecki

Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska Ogrodzieniec, Będzin, Olsztyn, Mirów, Bobolice

In the Jura, as the Krakow-Częstochowa Upland is usually called, there are also some excellent areas for cycling. The numerous lanes are prepared for biking enthusiasts and

allow for active relish in this part of the region.

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Registered unemployment rate %

Registered unemployment rate Poland – 12,3% Śląskie Voivodship 9,9%

As of the end of APRIL 2010

Unemployment on the background of the country and other voivodships

Source: GUS

Women51,6%

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Ruda Śląska

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Bytom

Gliwicki

Jaworzno

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Piekary Śląskie

Wodzisławski

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Rybnicki

Mysłowice

Rybnik

Jastrzębie Zdrój

Żory

The majority of the unemployed population constituted women. The number of unemployed women at the end of April 2010 amounted to 94,5 thous. which constituted

51,6% of the total number of the registered unemployed persons.

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There were 34,059 persons possessing benefit rights, which comprised 18,6% of the total number of the registered unemployed. Among this group of the unemployed 48,0% constituted females.

Entitlement to this allowance is granted to the unemployed if, in the 18 months preceding the date of registering at a District Labour Office, they worked for a period of at least 365 days or can provide another qualifying period within this timeframe.

The amount of benefit depends on length of service. If an unemployed person’s length of service is up to 5 years, he/she is entitled to 80% of the basic benefit, in the case of 20 years of service, 100% of the basic benefit, while in the case of over 20 years of service, 120% of the basic benefit.

The basic benefit is 717,00 zł. /179 EURO / for the first 3 months of benefit entitlement and 563 zł for subsequent months of this entitlement. District Labour Offices deduct a total of 32.52% from the unemployment benefit to pay retirement and pension insurance contributions.

The period of entitlement to unemployment benefit is as follows:

6 months – for an unemployed person who resides in the District area during the period of entitlement to the benefit, if the unemployment rate in this area did not exceed 150% of the average national unemployment rate on 30 June of the calendar year preceding the day on which entitlement to the benefit was obtained;

12 months – for the unemployed:

• persons residing in the District area during the period of entitlement to the benefit, if the unemployment rate in this area exceeded 150% of the average national unemployment rate or

• is over 50 years of age and at the same time, the unemployed person has at least a 20-year period entitling him/her to the benefit or

• an unemployed person supporting at least one child under the age of 15 and his/her spouse is also unemployed and lost entitlement to the benefit due to the end of the period of entitlement to this benefit, after the date, on which the unemployed person obtained entitlement to the benefit.

Source: http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?catId=9009&acro=living&lang=pl&parentId=7857&countryId=PL&living=

Registered unemployed persons by educational level 31 March 2010 y.

Tertiary10,2% Post-secondary as

well as vocational secondary

23,0%

General secondary9,6%

Basic vocatinal28,8%

Lower secondary, primary

28,3%

Tertiary 19 450

Post-secondary as well as vocational secondary

43 808

General secondary 18 169

Basic vocatinal 54 845

Lower secondary, primary 53 886

Registered unemployed persons by age - 31 March 2010

55 and more9,5%

45 - 54 years21,8%

35 - 44 years18,4%

25 - 34 years29,7%

24 year and less

20,6%

24 year and less 39 11625 - 34 56 51735 - 44 34 90445 - 54 41 510

55 and more 18 111

Śląskie Voivodship

Registered unemployed persons byduration of unemployment in the March 2010

3 months and less

71 09037,4%

3 - 6 m.4167921,9%

6 - 12 m.3833420,2%

12 - 24 months2339412,3%

More than 24 months156618,2%

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Job offers — comprise job vacancies reported by employers and positions for

occupational on a job training and accepted for fulfillment work positions within the framework of interventional works, public works and traineeships, as well as within the framework of order-agreements and work agreements.

In 2009 the District Labour Offices in Silesia received almost 106,257 job offers.

Where are the available jobs?

Most job offers were for the following professions: shop assistants and demonstrators, office service employees, property caretakers, auxiliary workers r cleaners and helps, unskilled industry workers, welders and similar, locksmiths and similar, bricklayers and similar, warehouse employees and similar, security service employees, sales agents (traders), administrative workers, secretaries and related professions, lorry drivers, waiters and related professions.

When it comes to higher education level the most sought professions included: economics and management specialists, education specialists and form teachers, nurses, human resources management specialists, engineers and related professions, nursery school teachers and programmers.

Source: http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?catId=2804&lmi=Y&acro=lmi&lang=en&recordLang=en&parentId=&countryId=PL&regionId=PL2&nuts2Code=PL22&nuts3Code=null&mode=shortages&regionName=Slaskie

Fluctuation of unemployment 2008 2009

Persons removed from unemployment

rolls TOTALof total:

306 234 294 198

Received a jobsof which reasons:

104 145 101 806

- interwentional works 2 098 1 792

- public works 1 910 2 748

- credits for unemployed 4 698 6 624

Started training 19 940 19 518Started traineeship 17 717 24 259

Professional education / places of vocational training 7 872 620Did not confirm readiness to take a job 112 583 110 118Resignet from status of the unemployed 14 136 10 404Other reasons 29 841 27 473

Unemployed by big vocational groups in Śląskie voivodship in the first of 2009

Registered unemployment rate Poland – 11,9% Śląskie Voivodship 9,2%

Source: GUS

Podział terytorialny województwa śląskiego:Zgodnie z Nomenklaturą Jednostek Terytorialnych dla Celów Statystycznych (NTS) województwo śląskie zostało podzielone na 8 podregionów i 36 powiatów:

- podregion bielski – powiaty bielski, cieszyński, żywiecki oraz miasto Bielsko-Biała;- podregion bytomski – powiaty lubliniecki i tarnogórski oraz Bytom i Piekary Śląskie;- podregion częstochowski – powiaty częstochowski, kłobucki i myszkowski oraz Częstochowa;- podregion gliwicki - powiat gliwicki, Gliwice, Zabrze;- podregion katowicki – Chorzów, Katowice, Mysłowice, Ruda Śląska, Siemianowice Śląskie, Świętochłowice;- podregion rybnicki - powiaty raciborski, rybnicki, wodzisławski, Jastrzębie Zdrój, Rybnik, Żory;- podregion sosnowiecki – powiat będziński i zawierciański, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Jaworzno, Sosnowiec;- podregion tyski – powiaty bieruńsko-lędziński, mikołowski i pszczyński oraz Tychy.

(Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 14 listopada 2007 r. w sprawie wprowadzenia Nomenklatury Jednostek Terytorialnych do Celów Statystycznych (NTS) Dz. U. Nr 214, poz. 1572 i 1573)