labor market

During 2026, Moldova will implement the third phase of the program for the development of public kindergartens, which should create at least 5,000 new places for children by 2027, Logos Press reports.

The moratorium on vacancies in the budgetary sphere was introduced to rationalize the spending of public funds and to harmonize personnel decisions, but the measure will not prevent the hiring of employees where it is really necessary, according to Logos Press.

The General Inspectorate for Migration and the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection will intensify efforts to integrate foreign workers into the Moldovan labor market, Logos Press reports.

Moldova has pledged to incorporate into national legislation by December 2026 the EU Directive 2024/2831 on the improvement of working conditions of employees providing services through electronic platforms, – reports Logos Press.

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

By the second half of the year, about 40% of unmet labor market demand is in the public sector, according to Logos Press.

In Moldova, half of the workers are concentrated in the capital – here the salaries are twice as high as in the districts, 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 National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova issued curious data on the Moldovan labor market in the first quarter of 2025. In the total number of registered vacancies (about 33 thousand), the share of agriculture is only 2.5%, with only 917 offers. Logos Press correspondent asked the opinion of leaders and members of non-governmental organizations of agrarian profile about the reasons for such a modest demand for workers in the once very crowded sector of the real economy of Moldova. We also asked what professions the Moldovan agribusiness still needs.