As of 1 March 2014 Belarus’ unemployment rate stood at 0.5% of the workforce. The figure was at 0.6% a year ago, BelTA learned from Oleg Tokun, head of the employment policy department of the Labor and Social Security Ministry. In February 2014 the jobless rate stood intact in all the country’s regions. As … Continue reading
President Alyaksandr Lukashenka of Belarus, dubbed Europe’s last dictator, has issued a presidential decree that proposes forbidding workers from quitting their jobs and threatens those that leave with compulsory labour. Alexander Lukashenko has ruled the European nation and former Soviet republic of Belarus with an iron fist since 1994. Ranked at 141 in last year’s … Continue reading