Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 20
By Azad Hasanli - Trend:
Unemployment benefits will be increased by 30-40 percent in Azerbaijan, the country's Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population Salim Muslimov said to AzTV state TV channel.
"Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev gave the relevant instructions and it is likely that the Cabinet of Ministers will make the necessary changes in the near future," he said.
The minister also raised the issue of retraining unemployed people. "There are professional training centers in Baku, Ismayilli and Goychay cities, another one will be opened in the city of Ganja soon," he said. "Citizens visiting these centers receive monthly benefits and funds for transportation costs. Previously they amounted to 22 manats, but I think that now in total they will exceed 100 manats."
Muslimov said that currently the main task is to provide citizens with at least a temporary place of work. "New projects, which will help create new jobs are needed so that citizens would be able to receive salaries in the same amount," said the minister.