{"id":10055,"date":"2025-04-14T11:47:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efni.pl\/2025\/04\/14\/attracting-talent-how-cee-countries-are-shaping-immigration-and-tax-policies-in-response-to-demographic-challenges-and-labor-shortages\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T11:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:47:17","slug":"attracting-talent-how-cee-countries-are-shaping-immigration-and-tax-policies-in-response-to-demographic-challenges-and-labor-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efni.pl\/en\/attracting-talent-how-cee-countries-are-shaping-immigration-and-tax-policies-in-response-to-demographic-challenges-and-labor-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"Attracting Talent: How CEE Countries Are Shaping Immigration and Tax Policies in Response to Demographic Challenges and Labor Shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Response to Demographic Challenges and Labor Shortages<\/strong><\/p>\n

The demographics of Central and Eastern Europe leave little room for doubt \u2014 societies are aging, birth rates remain low, and economic emigration continues to weaken local labor markets.<\/p>\n

In response to these challenges, the vast majority of CEE countries \u2014 including Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria \u2014 are already undertaking a variety of actions aimed at attracting and retaining talent.<\/p>\n

We invite you to explore the latest Vialto Partners Poland report<\/strong><\/a>, which discusses not only recent legislative and market developments but, more importantly, outlines the strategic directions that CEE countries should take to not only respond to the demographic crisis \u2014 but to turn it into an opportunity.<\/p>\n

The Vialto Partners Poland report focuses on selected key areas including immigration, tax, and social security policies being implemented across CEE to effectively compete for global talent, such as:<\/p>\n

🔹 Immigration incentive mechanisms<\/strong> \u2013 including digital nomad visas, simplified procedures for skilled workers, preferences for strategic sectors (e.g. IT, healthcare), facilitated access for Blue Card holders, as well as integration programs and selective recruitment models.<\/p>\n

🔹 Tax and compensation solutions<\/strong> \u2013 comparing PIT rates, tax-free amounts, and minimum wages across the region, including attractive incentives for newcomers (e.g. Poland\u2019s \u201creturn relief\u201d scheme).<\/p>\n

🔹 Net salary competitiveness<\/strong> \u2013 data showing how CEE countries rank in terms of tax attractiveness for both employees and employers, taking into account labor costs and fiscal burdens.<\/p>\n

🔹 Pension systems under pressure<\/strong> \u2013 analysis of how demographic trends impact the long-term sustainability of pension systems, and examples of reforms such as raising the retirement age, expanding private pension funds, and introducing incentives for working retirees.<\/p>\n

🔹 Czech Republic case study<\/strong> \u2013 highlighting one of the most progressive approaches in the region to activating older workers: flexible employment models, lifelong learning, and development of age-friendly infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Authors<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Jadwiga Chorazka, Emilia Piechota, Joanna Narkiewicz-Tarlowska, Grzegorz Ogorek – Vialto Partners Poland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Response to Demographic Challenges and Labor Shortages The demographics of Central and Eastern Europe leave little room for doubt \u2014 societies are aging, birth rates remain low, and economic emigration continues to weaken local labor markets. In response to these challenges, the vast majority of CEE countries \u2014 including Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efni.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efni.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efni.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efni.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efni.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efni.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efni.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efni.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efni.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efni.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}