Penza, 24 February 2015. PenzaNews. The number of job vacancies is reducing in the Penza region, while the overall situation in the labor market does not show any sharp changes, reported Elena Stolyarova, Minister of Labor, Social Protection and Demography of the region.

“At the end of the year we had 11,800 vacancies, now – only around 8,900,” she said during meeting session in the regional government on Tuesday, February 24.

Elena Stolyarova expressed concern about the problem of possible increase of illicit employment.

“Because of these concerns, we are working with employers to ensure no shady employment, since the issue is already quite large,” the minister explained.