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In Poland, the growth of the economy and the emigration of Polish workers to the "old" Member States, particularly to Great Britain and Ireland, lead to an increasing lack of workers and specialists. According to the employers" association Lewiatan, not only the agricultural sector but also the industrial sector complains about the lack of work force. Accordingly, three out of four member firms would currently be looking in vain for electricians, mechanics, engineers, computer scientists, computer experts or accountants. In the development of the wages and salaries in the past the pressure on the companies is reflected: in June 2007, for instance, the average wages and salaries were 9.7 per cent above the same month of the previous year. According to the professional association of the anaesthetists, also the health care sector is threatened by an increased outflow of health care personnel: 17 per cent of the total of 3,700 physicians working in the country had already made applications for certificates that allows them to take up work abroad. Moreover, a survey of the Allianz Group has revealed a decrease in the future Polish workforce due to a demographic aging of the population that can observed in many Central and Eastern European states, which could further aggravate the lack of specialists for the labour market. Poland now takes into consideration to facilitate the immigration of work force from the Ukraine, Russia and Belarus in order to encounter this shortage.
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