In Russia, they wanted to revive the system of insurance against unemployment, this opportunity, the State Duma deputies plan to discuss in the fall. This was told about the first deputy chairman of the Duma Committee on Labor and the social politician Mikhail Tarasenko, writes “Parliamentary newspaper.”
We are talking about the mechanism that existed in Russia in 1991-2001, when the employer discovered two percent of the employment fund from the employee remuneration fund. The unemployed in the first three months received a allowance of 75 percent of the average earnings, then 60 and 40 percent. However, in 2001, the employment fund was eliminated, and the benefits began to finance directly from the budget.
According to Tarasenko, the revival of this system in the country has long begun. “All over the world works, and this is an effective way that helps overcome the crisis,” the parliamentarian noted. At the same time, he believes that the work in this direction will have to make a new convening of the State Duma, which is a new stage of improving the legislation in the field of employment.
In January, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to restore the labor market by the end of the year. Then he noted that in the past few months there was a tendency to reduce unemployment, but its level remains high. As noted in the Mintrude, the number of unemployed began to decline since last year. Improved the situation with employment in the regions additional state support measures at the federal level, including the retraining of citizens and subsidizing employers.