Golikova: there are almost 680 thousand people in the Russian Federation. unemployed – Russia |
April 21. Interfax-Russia.ru – In Russia, in terms of morbidity, poisoning, 678.2 thousand people. unemployed, which does not exceed the indicator at the beginning of March this year, but the number of workers in simple or part-time employment is growing, said Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova on building an interdepartmental working group to ensure the labor market.
“Based on the results of operational monitoring of the registered unemployed, the indicators of the beginning of March have not been exceeded. If on March 1 of the upcoming year it exceeded 682.8 thousand people, then on April 19 – 678.2 thousand people. But we continue to record negative manifestations: an increase in the number organizations that have announced the use of the employment mode of employees, and, accordingly, an increase in the number of citizens in the mode of simple or part-time employment,” said Golikova, whose words were taken in the apparatus of the Deputy Prime Minister.
She noted that today “the close attention of all structures is aimed at identifying the plan of measures proposed by the regions to support the economy for a large number of jobs and prevent growth.”
At the same time, as the Deputy Prime Minister specified, the number of vacancies on the Jobs in Russia portal continues to grow – more than 1.965 million job offers are available. The total increase since the beginning of spring is 20%. In addition, within the framework of the Demography national project, a program of free retraining of citizens is being implemented, more than 24,000 training programs are available to applicants on the Jobs in Russia portal. Already received 51,350 applications for advanced training.
According to the Minister of Labor and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov, employment services continue to support the interests of proactive measures aimed at maintaining employment. This work includes organizing events with employers, accommodating curators in hotels, and collecting employment packages. More than 7 thousand employers already employed in employment agencies for organizations in 65 regions are assigned to organizations of curators. 650 special action plans have been developed for employers, which include both federal and participating in support. 1,357 consultation centers have been set up, and mobile teams are sent to enterprises in 52 regions.
According to the Ministry of Labor, in mid-April, 98 thousand workers were simply kept in the Russian Federation, which is 2.5 times more than on March 1 this year. About 50,000 have been laid off, while the agency does not record mass layoffs of employees.