Zaměstnávání kvalifikovaných zaměstnanců z Indie na území České republiky v letech 2018 až 2023

The master‘s thesis focuses on the impact of employment of skilled workers from India in the Czech Republic between 2018 and 2023. The theoretical part of the thesis deals with the concepts of human capital, labour market and migration, focusing on the role of the following factors in the context of economic migration programmes. The practical part analyses the situation on the Czech labour market in the field of low-skilled jobs. Subsequently, economic migration programmes in the Czech Republic are presented. The hypothesis of this thesis states that "The Qualified worker program leads to effective coverage of labour shortages in the Czech labour market by workers from India" was tested through a questionnaire survey among employers, employees, business and government representatives. Despite the unclear conclusions from the questionnaire survey, the quantitative analysis focusing on labour productivity of economic agents showed a positive impact of the use of foreign labour in the enterprise. The findings of the paper underscore that this program has had a positive impact on the labor market and contributes to effective labor force coverage, especially in low-skilled positions. The thesis proposes recommendations to address the identified gaps in the Qualified worker program.