{"id":205560,"date":"2026-09-29T16:31:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205560\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:31:33","slug":"bielstat-6-7-percent-more-people-dismissed-than-hired-in-first-seven-months","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205560\/","title":{"rendered":"Bie\u0142stat: 6.7 percent more people dismissed than hired in first seven months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 29,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Job losses outnumbered job gains by 6.7 percent in the first seven months of 2026, with 467,174 workers dismissed and 438,283 hired, according to&nbsp;<em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;analysis of the National Statistics Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of people who found new jobs increased by 5.7 percent year on year, while the number of layoffs rose by 7.9 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian economy reportedly employed 4,182,500 people in July, 19,700 more than in January, according to the official data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/voditel_trans_info-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/voditel_trans_info-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/voditel_trans_info-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/voditel_trans_info-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/voditel_trans_info-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/voditel_trans_info.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Job openings for foreign workers in Belarus up 5 percent in six days<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 13,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;A total of 15,420 job openings are available for foreign nationals in Belarus as of September 13, according to the website of the Belarusian State Employment Service. 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The number of people who found new jobs increased by 5.7 percent year on year, while the number of layoffs rose by 7.9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-205560","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bie\u0142stat: 6.7 percent more people dismissed than hired in first seven months | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 29,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Job losses outnumbered job gains by 6.7 percent in the first seven months of 2026, with 467,174 workers dismissed and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205560\/\" \/>\n<meta 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