Adoption of employers' applications for the organisation of pupils' summer jobs
On 9 April, an application was made from employers who planned to employ pupils in their companies this summer. This year, the State Employment Agency (SEA) will offer students the opportunity to work in cooperation with employers from early June to the end of August.
Students from 15 to 20 years of age (including) who attend general, special or vocational educational institutions will be able to participate in the school summer employment event. Students will be able to obtain not only professional experience but also practical experience of the labour market environment, find out what is the work interview, employment contract, job duties and employment legal relationships. In addition, a pupil who will be working at a summer holiday and who will not have reached the age of 19 will not be removed from parental dependency, provided for by the Law on Personal Income Tax, and the parents will retain tax relief, if any. In 2015, 3500 pupils are planned to be involved in the school summer employment event.
Student login will be started in May. This year students will be able to sign up for summer work electronically via THE NVA website.
THE SNA employer will provide a grant for a monthly salary of 50 % of the national minimum monthly salary, as well as a grant for the wages of the employer. For the management of 10 pupils' work, THE SEA will grant a grant in the amount of the minimum monthly salary determined in the State, respectively, the amount of the grant of one pupil will be one tenth of the amount of the minimum monthly wage determined in the State. One job manager will be able to manage up to 10 pupils. THE SEA will also pay expenses for health checks for pupils, if they are provided for in the regulatory enactments regarding mandatory health checks, and insured pupils against possible accidents at workplaces.
It should be stressed that students should not be employed in jobs involving increased risk to their safety, health, morality and development. The information in which students may be employed may be found in Cabinet Regulation No. 10 of 8 January 2002 “Regulations regarding works in which children from 13 years of age are permitted” and Cabinet Regulation No. 206 of 28 May 2002 “Regulations regarding works prohibiting the employing of teenagers and the exceptions to which employment in these works is permitted in relation to the vocational training of adolescents”.
Information on the form of the measures, the application and other related documents available on the website www.nva.gov.lv
Employers' applications must be submitted TO THE SEA Rēzekne branch, in 205 (tel. 64607807).