LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

of December 28, 2013 No. ZR-152

About employment

Accepted by National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on December 11, 2013

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Subject of regulation of the Law

1. This Law regulates economic and organizational situations and the legal basis of stimulation of employment of the population in the Republic of Armenia, establishes realization of the rights of citizens in the sphere of employment of the population, types of the services rendered by the state, types of social assistance in case of unemployment, and also the legal basis of public-private partnership.

Article 2. Legislation of the Republic of Armenia on employment of the population

2. If international treaties of the Republic of Armenia establish other regulations, than those which are provided by this Law then are applied regulations of international treaties.

Article 3. Employment of citizens of the Republic of Armenia, foreign citizens and stateless persons

1. The citizens of the Republic of Armenia living in the Republic of Armenia foreign citizens and persons without citizenship have the right to the choice between employment and unemployment, except as specified, established by the laws of the Republic of Armenia.

2. Employment of the foreign citizens and stateless persons having the right to residence in the Republic of Armenia is regulated by this Law, other laws of the Republic of Armenia and international treaties of the Republic of Armenia.

3. State regulation of employment of the citizens of the Republic of Armenia living in the Republic of Armenia foreign citizens and stateless persons is performed by means of social security.

Article 4. The basic concepts used in the Law

1. The main concepts used in the Law:

1) employment – the types of activity which are not forbidden by the law of the Republic of Armenia and the stipulated in Article 5 these Laws;

2) person which is in job search - person which reached age of 16 years who, irrespective of circumstance of employment any type of activity, the stipulated in Article 5 these Laws, addressed to the state body authorized by the Government of the Republic of Armenia (further - authorized body) for the purpose of realization of the rights established by part 1 of article 21 of this Law;

3) jobless person – the person under the age of, granting pension entitlement on age which is in job search and is not busy with any type of activity, the stipulated in Article 5 these Laws, stays on the registry in authorized body for the purpose of job search, expressed readiness to get to suitable work and received the status of the unemployed;

4) person risking to lose work – person which is in employment relationships, which:

and. within three months after the end of the leave granted on child care up to three years it is registered by authorized body as person which is in job search

. within three months after demobilization from obligatory compulsory military service it is registered by authorized body as person which is in job search

5) ceased to be valid according to the Law of the Republic of Armenia of 31.07.2023 No. ZR-247

6) assessment of needs of person who is in job search - determination in the procedure for opportunities of person which is in job search established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, on accomplishment of certain work with acceptance for basis of the criteria of determination of noncompetitiveness provided by part 1 of article 22 of this Law in the labor market and desires of this person;

7) vacant position – the workplace requiring certain profession (qualification) or ability, or skills, and which is not occupied at the moment;

8) again created workplace – the workplace created at most within three months beginning from the moment of representation by the employer to authorized body or stipulated in Item 13 parts of 1 this Article of the non-state organization for employment of information on creation of workplace;

9) state programs of employment – programs which are implemented also services which are rendered in the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia which within complex social services are provided to person which is in job search and also employers and stipulated in Item 13 parts of 1 this Article of the non-state organization within cooperation with authorized body in the sphere of state regulation of employment;

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