The labour shortage across the European Union's labour market leaves foreign workers free to choose the country they think suits them best. In recent years, the Republic of Croatia has become a country that is trying to compensate for the shortage of workers on the labour market by importing foreign workers from third countries. This represents a potential solution leading to an increase in economic activity and the development of sectors such as construction, tourism, trade, industry and similar activities where a large influence of foreign labour can be observed. A seemingly simple solution comes with numerous challenges, such as economic burdens, possible cultural barriers, the impact on the wages of local workers and competition in certain industries faced by the country importing foreign workers. Accordingly, the aim of the paper is to examine how the Croatian labour market is confronted with the ever-growing presence of foreign workers, with particular emphasis on the construction sector, and to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of importing foreign workers, given that in recent years the number of workers from East and Southeast Asia, part of Africa and other third countries.