The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the law on the support of the unemployed and jobs seekers in chapter I General provisions article 1. The purpose of the law the purpose of the law is to create unemployment and job seekers support system to allow them the opportunity to return to the labour market.
2. article. The scope of the law, the law says the unemployed and job seekers in active employment measures and the reduction of unemployment prevention, State and local expertise in the implementation of these measures, as well as unemployment and employment status, rights and obligations.
Chapter II active employment and reduction of unemployment prevention in article 3. Active employment measures (1) active employment measures are as follows: 1) professional training, retraining and qualification improvement;
2) temporary public paid work;
3) measures competitive;
4) measures for specific groups of people, especially people between 15 and 25 years of age; persons who have a particular disability; after parental leave; persons up to the age of the State pension age to rest for no more than five years; persons who are State employment agency for accounting is longer than one year (long-term unemployed); After parole a custodial institutions and other target groups under the national employment plan.
(2) active employment measures aim to implement labour market policies to reduce unemployment, in particular in order to: 1) motivate the unemployed and job seekers active search for work;
2) promoting labour market conditions to capable and trained workforce;
3) promote the competitiveness of the individual;
4) promote equal opportunities for people who want to get into the labour market.
4. article. Competence of the Cabinet of Ministers (1) the Cabinet approved each year by the national employment plan, which, on the basis of the Republic of Latvia and the European Union's labour market policy strategy, certain labour market policy priorities according to the employment situation of the country, you can specify the appropriate active employment measures, the reduction of unemployment prevention and they need funding.
(2) the cabinet shall determine the active employment measures, organisation and financing arrangements, as well as the end of the selection of these measures.
(3) the Cabinet of Ministers shall lay down the procedure for the granting of scholarships and the rents and transport costs of unemployment compensation, vocational training, retraining and skills, as well as grants and the amount of the refund.
(4) the Cabinet of Ministers shall lay down the procedure for granting the status of unemployed.
(5) the cabinet shall determine the order in which to create jobs for people with specific disabilities.
(6) the Cabinet of Ministers shall lay down the procedures for the authorization and supervision of legal entities that provide job placement services for a fee (except for work placements on the ship).
5. article. The competence of the Ministry (1) coordinated by the Ministry of economy in the development of the national employment plan and submission to the Cabinet for approval.
(2) the Ministry of welfare proposes the national employment plan for the reduction of unemployment and the unemployment and job seekers psychological support issues and submit these proposals to the Ministry of the economy.
(3) Ministry of education and science is working with the State employment agency for vocational education and training events, and with the professional career of choice — the State Agency guidance.
(4) sectoral ministries within its competence, shall submit proposals to the Ministry of the economy, the national plan for the development of employment and ensure the national employment plan.
(5) the Ministry of Industry provides for the involvement of the State unemployment and foreign investment in projects, including public investment projects, foreign technical assistance projects and pirmsstrukturāl the European Union funds projects.
6. article. State employment agency (1) the national policy for the reduction of unemployment and the support of the unemployed and jobs seekers in the field of implementing the State employment agency. State employment agency is under the supervision of the Ministry of welfare.
(2) State employment agency is financed from the State budget, revenue from the supply of services, gifts and donations, as well as other means, in accordance with the legislation.
(3) State employment agency: 1) within the limits of its competence, the national employment participates in the development and implementation of the plan;
2) organized and implemented active employment measures;
3) helps the unemployed and job seekers to the labour market;
4) lists the vacancies;
5) and lists the unemployed and job seekers;
6) free informed of job vacancies, as well as the unemployed and job seekers ' rights and obligations;
7) free advise the unemployed and job seekers, the vocational suitability suitable professions and vocational retraining;
8) analyzes and predicts job market forces;
9) organize cooperation and exchange of information between the National Agency for employment and employers;
10) organised by the employers and the unemployed to reduce the level of unemployment;
11) shall cooperate with national regulatory authorities, local authorities, natural or legal persons, as well as public organizations;
12) approves the work calls for the employment of aliens and stateless persons in Latvia;
13) provide the requirements of the European Union information on unemployment and employment situation in the country;
14) licenses and monitors the legal entities that provide job placement services for a fee (except for work placements on ships);
15) participate in the transnational cooperation agreement project, as well as other cooperation projects and in the development of this agreement and in implementing projects to reduce unemployment and the labour movement;
16) carrying out other State employment agency regulations and legislation in certain assignments.
7. article. Reduction of unemployment prevention

(1) a Person whose normal place of residence is Latvia and who wants to get an education or work or want to work in paid employment are entitled to vocational guidance.
(2) vocational guidance services provide professional career choice, a government agency that is under the supervision of the Ministry of welfare.
(3) professional career choice State Agency is financed from the employment special budget, revenue from the supply of services, gifts and donations, as well as other means, in accordance with the legislation.
(4) professional career choices: 1 the State Agency) within the limits of its competence participates in the national employment plan development and implementation;
2) free of charge by the person's vocational guidance;
3) free advise individuals in matters of professional suitability suitable professions and vocational retraining;
4) collects information on learning opportunities and inform the person free of charge;
5) developing new scientific and practical techniques;
6) provides methodical assistance to educational institutions for scientific methods and guidance in the implementation of the form;
7) shall cooperate with national regulatory authorities, local authorities, natural or legal persons, as well as public organizations;
8) participate in the transnational cooperation agreement project, as well as other cooperation projects and in the development of this contract and in the implementation of projects in the field of professional orientation;
9) carrying out other career choices, State agencies and the laws and regulations of certain tasks.
(5) vocational guidance services also provides a set of laws and other legal entities.
8. article. The municipal jurisdiction (1) the local authorities with the commercial promotion and the reduction of unemployment-related functions, cooperating with the State employment agency and career choice, a government agency.
(2) local authorities have responsibilities in the field of employment: 1) in cooperation with the State employment agency, career choices, government agencies, trade unions and employers ' organisations, as well as according to the national employment plan to develop employment plans for the territory concerned;
2) to cooperate with the State employment agency and career choices, the National Agency for employment measures active and preventive measures to reduce unemployment in the organisation and implementation;
3) to give the State employment agency and career choice national agency the tasks required for the implementation of the information;
4) to provide for the possible involvement of unemployed people in projects that use the local resources or which are financed from foreign or international organizations.
(3) the local Government shall participate in the development of the national employment plan and within the limits of its competence shall submit proposals to the Ministry of the economy, on ways of engaging unemployed people to national and foreign investment in projects, including public investment projects, foreign technical assistance projects and pirmsstrukturāl the European Union funds projects.
9. article. Active employment measures, unemployment reduction and preventive measures project financing (1) active employment measures, unemployment reduction and preventive measures of article 5 of this law in the fifth subparagraph, and article 8, referred to in the third subparagraph, the financing of the project with the State or local government, or foreign, or international organizations are also used for funding a project promoter or the beneficiary.
(2) unemployed persons vocational training, retraining and qualification improvement, competitive measures and unemployment reduction preventive measures financed, as well as grants, rental and transport expenses of unemployed vocational training, retraining and qualification improvement of the State pay during budget and from special employment budget.
(3) as a result of temporary public works and this law, article 3, first paragraph 4. measures referred to in paragraph shall be financed from the State budget.
Chapter III the status of unemployed persons article 10. Unemployment status (1) entitled to unemployment after the registration status of a State employment agency under the principal residence of the person: 1) is a Latvian citizen or non-citizen or has received a permanent residence permit, or has obtained the permission of termiņuzturēšan and is a citizen or citizens, or permanent residence received the spouse;
2) does not work (not considered to be workers or self-employed according to the law "on State social insurance");
3) looking for work;
4) is operational and ready to immediately enter into a working relationship;
5) has reached the age of 15;
6) has reached the State old-age pension for age or does not receive a retirement pension or national special pension;
7) education onsite professional overall average or average educational institution or is a full-time student at a University;
8) do not make business or commercial activities stopped in accordance with laws and regulations;
9) not the full state maintenance.
(2) For the purposes of this law, fairness, treated as a person with a particular disability, except when the health and integrity of the expertise of the Medical Commission has identified 100 percent uptime for the loss.
11. article. The decision on granting the status of unemployed persons on unemployment status, if the person complies with all this law, the first paragraph of article 10 and criteria set out in the laws and has recorded certain documents, the State employment agency shall adopt within one business day.
12. article. Unemployment, the loss of status and its acquisition of the new (1) unemployment status loss basis are: 1) the worker or self-employed status for an indefinite period or for more than two months, in accordance with the law "on State social insurance", except for the involvement of active employment measures;
2) State pension age to age, retirement pensions or the national special pension;
3) going into a full state maintenance;
4) education started in the presence of general secondary or secondary vocational educational institution or full-time study started College;

5) waiver of a suitable job offer two times;
6) unemployment obligations non-compliance without justification;
7) false reporting of unemployment status and conservation;
8) moving to a permanent life outside Latvia;
9 draft national compulsory) military service;
10 100 percent uptime of loss);
11) restoration work by a court;
12) unemployment death.
(2) suitable for work within the meaning of this law is a job that corresponds to: 1) the unemployed person's vocational training and his previous professional activity as well as the State language skills level;
2 the unemployed person's health situation);
3) offered jobs to reach (the place to which, travelling by public transport from the unemployed person's permanent place of residence, must spend no more than one hour each way).
(3) the decision on the loss of the status of unemployed person accepts the State employment agency within one business day after the first paragraph of this article of the unemployment status loss condition detection.
(4) a Person who has lost the status of unemployed persons of the first paragraph of article 5, 6 and 7 above reasons, is entitled to obtain from the status of unemployed new not earlier than after three months of unemployment status loss.
The unemployment chapter IV rights and obligations Article 13. The rights of the unemployed unemployed have the right to: 1) participate in State employment agency in active employment offered activities;
2) receive unemployment insurance services in accordance with the law "on insurance against unemployment";
3) receive scholarships, and rent and compensation of travel expenses for training, retraining or skills;
4) to get information about job vacancies and related qualifications and other requirements;
5) get with the professional orientation of related services;
6) conclude with the State employment agency active employment measures in the design of the individual contract;
7) to challenge the State employment agency employee decisions by submitting applications for State employment agency Director but the Director of the State employment agency decisions appealed to the courts.
14. article. Unemployment obligations (1) the Unemployed must: 1) independently and with State employment agencies to actively search for work;
2) a month from the previous state employment agency visit days come to the Agency and to report the status of conservation of unemployment necessary documents;
3) come to the State employment agency within three working days from the date of receipt of the summons;
4) participate in the active employment measures in the individual contract design in the active employment measures;
5) notify State employment agency: a) within three working days-if you have changed this law article 12 referred to in the first subparagraph the unemployment status loss conditions, (b)) within three working days, if the employment contract is concluded for a period of up to two months, c) within three working days, on the basis of residence, d) three weeks of intermittent inability to start — for temporary inability to work, if it has been longer than two weeks.
(2) an active job search within the meaning of this law are persons targeted actions in order to find gainful employment, participation in invitations to tender for newly jobs, as well as other activities, the purpose of which is to find a job.
(3) the absence of the State employment agency in the first paragraph of this article, 2. and 3. in the cases referred to in paragraph 1 are considered eligible, if: 1) unemployed temporary incapacity occurred;
2) takes care of the sick children of the unemployed;
3) based on the call, unemployed arriving the cognitive authority of the public prosecutor's Office, court or participate in the hearing as the judge;
4) reason is the first degree relative or a spouse's death and if the State employment agency visit certain days earlier on the seventh day following the death of the spouse or relative;
5) arrival not possible due to the presence of active employment measures or other active employment measures in the individual design of contract obligations;
6) is the other objective circumstances that do not depend on the will of the unemployed.
(4) an unemployed person must come to the State employment agency in the first working day after the third subparagraph, the reasons supporting the presentation of supporting documents supporting reasons.
(5) If an unemployed person change the principal residence in the territory of Latvia, he must submit an application to the State employment agency, on the basis of previous residence. Unemployment should come to the State employment agency after the new principal residence during the month of the change of residence of the application submission date.
Chapter v job seeker article 15. Job seeker status job seeker is a person who registered to a State employment agency, after their principal residence and: 1) which has lost the status of unemployed in this law article 12, first paragraph, 5, 6 or 7 of these reasons and corresponds to article 10 of this law in the first part of the criteria;
2) which the State employment agency have refused to grant the status of unemployed due to non-compliance with this law, article 10, first paragraph, point 6, but conforming to the rest of the first paragraph of article 10 of the criteria;
3) has cancelled the contract of employment.
16. article. Job seekers the right job seeker shall have the right: 1) participate in competitive events;
2) to get information about job vacancies and associated qualifications and other requirements;
3) receive vocational guidance and consulting related services.
Chapter VI placement institutions article 17. Placement institutions with work placements authorized to engage the entities that received the State employment agency license issued.
Transitional provisions 1 to State employment agency to perform its function of the non-profit organisation State joint stock company "State employment service", which is the responsibility of the Ministry of welfare.
2. Professional career choice for the creation of a national agency to fulfil its functions, the national non-profit organization "professional career choice National Centre", which is the responsibility of the Ministry of welfare.

3. With the entry into force of this law shall lapse by law "on employment" (the Republic of Latvia Supreme Council and Council of Ministers rapporteur, 1992, 1993, 20 4/5.nr.;./21.nr.; The Saeima of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1994, no. 2; 1995, no. 13; in 1997, 13., no. 22; in 1998, no. 19).
4. the Cabinet of Ministers to 2002 and 30 September issue of this law article 4, fourth paragraph of those provisions.
5. Until the new Cabinet of Ministers regulations on the date of entry into force, but not longer than until the 2002 September 30 apply to the Cabinet of Ministers of 22 October 1996, the provisions of no. 407 "the provisions on the status of unemployed person" to the extent they do not conflict with this Act.
The law shall enter into force on 1 July 2002.
The Parliament adopted the law of 9 May 2002.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga on 29 May 2002, the Editorial Note: the law shall enter into force on 1 July 2002.