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| 18:00:57 | 25-05-2005 | Politics |

PROCESSING A LAW DEFENDING THE UNEMPLOYED

Today the new draft law regulating the social field in case of employment
and unemployment was approved by the Government. During today’s briefing
deputy Minister on Social Affairs Arayik Petrosyan and Employment agency
head Shamam Haroutyunyan criticized the law regulating the filed which was
adopted 7 years ago.

According to them, the necessity to create a new law was the demand of the
time, as the old one had not been improved for years. It not only failed to
regulate the corresponding field but also created problems for the
authorized bodies.

Shamam Haroutyunyan informed us of an interesting fact. It is possible that
in future the Government allots sums from the budget to pay those companies
which employ the so-called `uncompetitive manpower’ – the disabled, the
orphans above 18 years of age, those who will resign in a year, refugees and
those who have been unemployed for more than 3 years.

The deputy Minister brought the example of Sweden where the expenses of the
employer are compensated for 90-100%. But the possible humaneness of the
Government is still in the field of imagination.