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On these issues, a compromise was reached between the conservatives Mindaugas Lingė, Mykolas Majauskas, the “peasants” Tomas Tomilinas and Linas Kukuraitis, who registered the reform proposal to the Employment Law presented by the Government.
The initiatives were approved by the Committee on Social Affairs and Labor on Wednesday morning, and the Seimas should approve all the amendments on the same day.
The authorities and the opposition have agreed that the state will subsidize, as planned, the full salary of a worker released during a pandemic, but no more than one and a half MMA or 963 euros “on paper” from January 1.
It is desirable that the circle of beneficiaries and its size maintain the capacities of the state.
The government has proposed to subsidize an amount equivalent to two minimum wages.
The chairman of the Social Affairs and Labor Commission, M.Lingė, said it was decided to change the provision because Lithuania has limited resources and the generous procedure proposed by the government could potentially “blow up” the state budget.
“We want the circle of beneficiaries and its size to maintain the capacities of the state,” said the parliamentarian.
“We support this proposal,” replied Tylilin, a “peasant”.
Luke April / Photo of 15min / Tom Tomilinas
So far, at the employer’s choice, the state has subsidized the salary of an inactive employee in two ways: 70 percent. of salary, but not more than 910.5 euros gross (or 1.5 MMA), or 90 percent. of the employee’s earned salary, but not more than 607 euros gross (or 1 MMA). The employer had to add the remaining amount.
Good news for those who receive 200 euros
The Seimas committee also approved the proposal to slightly increase the number of people who receive a job search allowance of 200 euros.
The government recently proposed a significant reduction, establishing criteria to receive about 30 thousand. unemployed. The benefit would be available to those working in sectors whose activities were restricted during the pandemic, as well as to the self-employed who cannot continue with their activities due to an emergency or quarantine.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Mindaugas Lingė
The job search subsidy would not be awarded to students, vocational school students who have registered with the Employment Service solely for the job search subsidy.
It was proposed to pay the benefit only to Lithuanian residents active in the labor market who were working before the pandemic and were laid off after the introduction of an emergency or quarantine.
However, with the agreement of the position and the opposition, the last part of the law has been modified to provide a benefit of 200 euros for those who have been fired no later than three months before the COVID-19 pandemic.
To date, more than 300,000 job search benefits have been paid. population.
You can read about the new proposals of the new government on the above topics here.
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