NEW JOBS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FROM NEXT YEAR IN ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.08.2009 15:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Employment of non-competitive people, like
handicapped people, is highly appreciated during economic crisis, Sona
Harutyunyan chief of the Employment state service of the RA ministry
of labor and social affairs told a press conference today. According
to her, the government conducts a program of reimbursement of salaries
to employer.

"The number of state-funded jobs for non-competitive and disabled
people has doubled," Sona Harutyunyan said.

The Employment state service conducts training programs for people
with disabilities and young people who do not have enough experience:
over the first half of 2009, more than 700 people have participated
in these courses. According to Sona Haroutyunyan, more than 70 per
cent of trainees have better opportunities to find jobs.