UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL REDUCES BY 0.5% FROM EARLY 2005 IN RA
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Pension reforms, poverty and family
benefits, first results of newly-established State Labor Inspection
and introduction of social cards were the pivotal issues discussed at
the June 10 working meeting between RA President Robert Kocharian and
RA Minister of Labor and Social Issues Aghvan Vardanian. According to
the report submitted to Noyan Tapan from RA President's Press Service,
issues concerning people's employment were also discussed at the
meeting. According to Ministry's data, from the beginning of the year
the unemployment level reduced by 0.5% and at present the number of
people looking for a job reduced from 142 thousand to 135 thousand.
The Minister represented the process of fulfilment of the assignment
given by the president regarding increasing of the honor payments of
Great Patriotic war veterans by 5000 drams. The interlocutors also
spoke about possible variants of carrying out improvement for other
classification veterans, as well.
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Pension reforms, poverty and family
benefits, first results of newly-established State Labor Inspection
and introduction of social cards were the pivotal issues discussed at
the June 10 working meeting between RA President Robert Kocharian and
RA Minister of Labor and Social Issues Aghvan Vardanian. According to
the report submitted to Noyan Tapan from RA President's Press Service,
issues concerning people's employment were also discussed at the
meeting. According to Ministry's data, from the beginning of the year
the unemployment level reduced by 0.5% and at present the number of
people looking for a job reduced from 142 thousand to 135 thousand.
The Minister represented the process of fulfilment of the assignment
given by the president regarding increasing of the honor payments of
Great Patriotic war veterans by 5000 drams. The interlocutors also
spoke about possible variants of carrying out improvement for other
classification veterans, as well.