Factsheet for measure
LV-2020-27/1723
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Updated
– measures in Latvia
Unemployment benefit for recent graduates
Jaunā speciālista pabalsts bezdarba gadījumā
Background information
On 30 June 2020, the Government allocated grants to the Ministry of Welfare for the new benefit prepared by the Ministry. The new benefit is intended to support so called 'new specialists': – persons who have completed their studies, and are unemployed due to COVID-19 pandemic. The government has decided to introduce the benefit because the short length of service prevents graduates from receiving unemployment benefits.
Content of measure
The aim of the benefit is to support the new specialists, who have completed their studies at a higher education institution or college during the year prior to the declaration of the state of emergency due to COVID-19 pandemic and have acquired the status of unemployed during the state of emergency or within three months after its end.
The new specialist benefit is paid until the person loses the status of unemployed, but not longer than four months and not longer than until 31 December 2020:
for the first two months in the amount of €500,
in the third and fourth months in the amount of €375.
The allocated budget is €6,597,401.
Updates
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
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18 December 2020
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On 18 December 2020 the Government extended the availability of the measure until 30 June 2021. With this, the criteria regarding time frames were also changed. The benefit is granted to a person who:
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in the period from 9 November 2019 to 8 November 2020 has graduated from a university or college;
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in the period from 9 November 2020 to 6 April 2021 (inclusive) or three months after the end of the emergency situation has acquired the status of unemployed.
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Use of measure
In total 94 persons received benefit in 2020, of those 70 were female and 24 were male. €145 thousand were spent for the benefit in 2020. In 2021 376 persons received benefit, of those 279 were female and 97 were male. €132 thousand were spent for the benefit in 2021.
Target groups
Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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National government
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National funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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Unknown
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Main level of involvement: N/A
Involvement
No involvement.
Views and reactions
No specific views to report.
Sources
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30 June 2020: 6.6 million euros are allocated for benefits for young specialists
(www.lsm.lv)
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30 June 2020: On support for young professionals
(adm.lm.gov.lv)
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23 April 2021: State Social Insurance Agency web page
(www.vsaa.gov.lv)
