Employment

The new government’s program sets an ambitious goal of supporting the employment of at least 100,000 people over the next four years.

The priority of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection is to provide jobs for Moldovan citizens. At the moment, the scenario of opening the labor market to workers from other countries is not being discussed, Logos Press reported.

The digital economy in recent years has enriched labor relations with new phenomena, which have emerged under the influence of the rapid development of new technologies in the world. Although they are observed in Moldova to no lesser extent, their legalization and regulatory assessment are noticeably delayed.

Official indicators of labor market conditions under the NBS’s new data collection methodology look encouraging, reversing the vector – Logos Press reports.

The Cabinet of Ministers approved at a meeting on September 17 a regulation on the functioning of the European Employment Service (EURES) network at the national level, introducing European norms of “free movement of labor”, Logos Press reported.

Money from parents remains the main source of livelihood for a third of young people in Moldova, Logos Press reports.

In the first quarter of 2025, the country’s labor force significantly decreased, amounting to 807.9 thousand active workers, which is 9.9% less than in the same period of 2024, Logos Press reports.

Execution of surplus budgets for Social Security and Medicare in 2024 could have been even better if not for shadow payments by businesses,” Logos Press reports.

In the first quarter of 2025, the population was less active on the local labor market: all statistical indicators of employment in Moldova decreased,” Logos Press reports.

The average number of employees in Moldova in Q1 2025 compared to Q1 2024 increased by 1.3%, – reports Logos Press.

The authorities intend to solve the unemployment problem by introducing an employment allowance for young people,” Logos Press reported.

Labor is traditionally honored in Moldova, but its productivity has not been considered as an official statistical indicator for a long time. Moldova is not included in international rankings of countries in terms of labor productivity. However, its cost and labor remuneration are growing at an accelerated rate,” Logos Press reports.