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If Seimas adopts the new amendments to the Employment Law, farmers will have to find about 12 million in the budget. 20 million euros instead of as previously planned. These proposals were approved by the Committee on Social Affairs and Labor on Thursday.
Now about 30 thousand. Farmers who have no employment income or are registered as unemployed are offered a lump sum of € 200. Previously, they were offered benefits of € 400 during the first two months of quarantine.
“If they don’t take this benefit, they can claim a job search benefit of 200 euros. They will be able to choose what benefit they want to receive. Those who do not want to register as unemployed will receive 200 euros,” said Tom Tomilinas, a farmer who is the author of the initiative. and member of the Parliamentary Committee on Social Affairs and Labor.
For the three months of quarantine, a subsidy of 200 euros would reach 9 thousand. farmers who have a job and receive an income, but not more than the minimum wage. Previously, it was proposed to pay these subsidies to these farmers for five months.
Subsidies would be paid to farmers whose farm is no more than 4 Economic Size Units (ESU), would have declared a crop, or had at least one conditional animal, would live in the field. 4 A farm that does not reach EDV can have up to 11 dairy cows or up to 17 ha of wheat, its annual income cannot exceed 8.7 thousand. EUR, and earnings – 4.8 thousand. euros These farmers are exempt from Sodra taxes, but pay mandatory contributions to health insurance.
According to Sodra, in 2018 there were almost 152 thousand. fewer than 4 EDV farmers, half of whom were retired.
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