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Uncompetitive groups in labor
market and employment support
mechanisms
Sona Harutyunyan
Head of State Employment Service Agency, Armenia
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9 groups entitled as uncompetitive by the Law
• disabled
• the individuals have returned from confinement
institutions and the institutions applying coercive actions
(compulsory measures) of medical character
•
the children who reached the labor age and who are left
without parent care
• the individuals registered in the national employment
service after getting demobilized from the compulsory
term military service in case of being in the status of an
unemployed at least one year uninterruptedly
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• the unemployed with at least 35 years insurance
pattern who have still up to 5 years to reach the
age
• the refugees
• the victims of trafficking
• the individuals registered in medical institutions
for the addicted
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25000
Youth
20000
Disabled
Long-term unemployed
15000
individuals returned from confinement institutions
children left without parent care
10000
individuals demobilized from the compulsory term
military service
unemployed with at least 35 years insurance
pattern
5000
refugees
0
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GDP according to years
120
113.7
102.1
106.9
100
80
85.9
60
GDP
40
20
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
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Unemployment rate
Official
unemployment rate
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
31.3
28.1
28.1
28.1
28
27.5
Labour force
surveys
7.7
05
0
2
6.7
7.2
06
0
2
07
0
2
7.1
6.3
08
0
2
09
0
2
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6.9
10
0
2
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• Each group differs by its peculiarities and difficulties
• Each group demands individual approach and methods
• All groups have one general problem; the employer is
reluctant to recruit representative of an uncompetitive
group even if there is a vacancy
• Labour market supply exceeds demand tenfold
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Programs
• Vocational training program
• “Partial salary compensation to the employers in case
they employ individuals uncompetitive in the labor
market” program
• “Financial support to the unemployed and disabled for
state registration of entrepreneurial activities” program
• “Compensation paid to the unemployed for the material
expenses in connection with work mission to some other
place” program
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Programs
• “Organization of paid public works” program,
• “Organization of job fairs”
• Organization of on-job internship for youth
(including people with disabilities)
• workplace adjustment for people with
disabilities
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Programs
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“Job clubs”
Employer Councils
employment forums
Investment of Supported employment
model (Ditch and ILO projects)
• Investment of E-learning model
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Proposals
• To review business support program
• To encourage job creation through tax
privileges for employers
• To invest quota system for people with
disabilities
• To create foundation motivating
employment
• To encourage creation of social
enterprises
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THANK YOU
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