Opinions

The labour market improved a little

November 26, 2024

Orsolya Soosaar, Economist at Eesti Pank. Wage growth accelerated to 8.1% in the third quarter and the purchasing power of the average wage increased further. Sectors where wages rose at [..]

Estonia

Survey: Young people in Estonia keen to earn EUR 1,500-2,000 a month

August 20, 2024

More than a quarter of young people in Estonia find that their monthly income should be between 1,500 and 2,000 euros in order to cover their monthly needs, a survey [..]

Estonia

Swedbank: Estonian residents’ desire to work at record high

August 16, 2024

The desire of residents of Estonia to be in employment is greater than ever since the country restored its independence, Liis Elmik, senior economist at Swedbank Estonia, said in a [..]

Estonia

Increase in wage offers continued in Estonia in Q2

August 13, 2024

The average gross salary range offered in job advertisements in Estonia in the second quarter of 2024 was from 1,633 to 2,142 euros a month, 12 percent higher than during [..]

Estonia

Most employees in Estonia concerned about future wage changes

August 6, 2024

The unstable economic situation, lack of financial reserves, rising living costs and unmet wage expectations have increased concern and insecurity among employees in Estonia, with many employees also concerned about [..]

Lithuania

Almost 70 pct of people aged 55-64 worked in Lithuania in 2023

July 16, 2024

As much as 69.1 per cent of the population aged 55-64 were employed in Lithuania in 2023, which was one of the highest rates across the European Union (EU), the [..]

Estonia

Expert: Employees in Estonia exceptionally active in job hunting this year

July 11, 2024

Employees are exceptionally active in job hunting this year, with over one million job applications submitted to employers so far, according to statistics from the job portal CVKeskus.ee. However, employers [..]

Latvia

Number of job vacancies in Latvia decreases 6.1% in 2023

March 15, 2024

There were 24,300 job vacancies in Latvia last year, which is 1,600 vacancies or 6.1 percent less than in 2022, the Central Statistical Bureau said on Friday. In private sector [..]

Estonia

Omniva to cut 75 jobs in Estonia

February 1, 2024

Citing a difficult economic situation, Estonia’s state-owned postal service and logistics company Omniva announced on Wednesday that it is about to make 75 jobs redundant in Estonia. The collective redundancies [..]

Estonia

Number of collective redundancy notice recipients grows to 3,500 last year

January 12, 2024

During the past year, a total of 3,538 employees of 124 employers received final collective redundancy notices, compared to 84 employers and 2,871 employees in the previous year. Nearly a [..]

Estonia

Nearly half of Estonians satisfied with their work life – mental health is rated very good by 13 %, quite good by 44 %

December 21, 2023

Some 40 percent of Estonians are quite satisfied with their work life, and 6 percent are very satisfied, according to a survey conducted among more than 8,000 workers this fall [..]

Estonia

Survey: Less than half of employers in Estonia planning pay hikes

October 24, 2023

According to the autumn labor market survey by wage information agency Palgainfo Agentuur and job classifieds portal CVkeskus.ee, almost one in three employers in Estonia are sure that they will [..]

Estonia

Estonia, Finland to start exchanging employment related data

October 2, 2023

Estonia and Finland are about to develop IT solutions for the exchange of data related to employment. Estonia’s Minister of Social Protection Signe Riisalo is in Helsinki on Monday to [..]