The upper house of the Belarusian parliament has approved a bill that provides for changes to laws on employment issues.
The document is intended to improve the legal regulation of public relations in the area of employment promotion.
BELTA reports this.
What's in the draft law on employment issues
The document establishes a fixed amount of unemployment benefits and introduces additional requirements for receiving them.
It will be possible to register as unemployed both at your place of residence and at your place of stay.
The period of registration for unemployed persons and those applying for employment is reduced from 18 to 12 months.
Quotas for jobs for hiring disabled people are being introduced.
The list of categories of unemployed persons who are provided with additional guarantees in the area of employment assistance has been expanded.
The procedure for facilitating the employment of parents who are obliged to reimburse the costs of maintaining children in state care has been prescribed.
The rights of employers to submit information about vacancies using the State Employment Service Information Portal have been clarified.
Control over the activities of employment agencies has been strengthened.
The source of funding for employment promotion activities is defined as budget funds (currently, funds from the Social Security Fund).
