Udalenke, unemployment and support of the citizens: the government discussed the situation of the economy

About the situation on the labour market and the support of the citizens on Monday, June 29, told members of the government. As the pandemic goes the economy?

More than two million people — from 1 April the number of those who work remotely has grown thirty times.

“To really improve the status of employment, will actively apply new methods in the field of employment. I mean, in particular, support for remote forms of employment. It has become convenient for many categories of workers, including those who have disabilities or parents with young children. It is important that the rights of people who work remotely, were protected in accordance with the law”, — said the Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin.

From 1 April, the number of officially registered unemployed grew by more than 3.5 times. From late March to the present time in Russia dismissed 3 718 000 citizens, and recruited was 682 thousand people. In June, the rise in unemployment slowed down. More than half of the registered unemployed persons are people aged from 25 to 40 years. More people have lost their jobs in the field of trade and consumer services, were also reduced specialists for administrative work and staff of transport companies.

“In regional terms, the largest share of the registered unemployed is observed in the republics of Chechnya, Tyva and Ingushetia. The most favorable situation in the field of employment on Sakhalin, Lipetsk and Tambov regions. Analysis of available labour market vacancies shows that most of the positions open in the manufacturing sector. The second largest vacancy is in the construction industry”, — said the Minister of labour of Russia Anton Kotkov.

the Prime Minister said that the explosive growth of unemployment has been avoided, including through support measures from the state. Was increased the size of the posobie unemployment, support for enterprises of small and average business. Assistance was provided to families with children. C April, they received payments, and last week Vladimir Putin has offered to pay, and in July another 10 thousand rubles to families with children up to 16 years:

“From the very beginning of the struggle with the effects of the basic task was to maintain the incomes of Russian families, to maintain employment, to help especially the people and only the people, to solve their problems, using it to go to support the economy as a whole. Recall that the main criterion of all our business support measures was the fact that the jobs are not closed to people who are employed in the affected industries are not left without wages.”

this has been the focus of interest-free loans, the decision to write off taxes and insurance premiums for the second quarter, direct public subsidies for salaries, and strictly acted principle: more support from the state are those companies that think, care about their teams.

he also Supported the self-employed. 760 thousand people received state aid amounting to more than 9.2 billion rubles. During the epidemic they returned the full amount of the tax on professional income for the last, in 2019, and this provided the opportunity to use the so-called fiscal capital in the amount of the minimum wage — 12 130 thousand rubles.

“From June 1, all self-employed assessed the so-called tax deduction in the amount of one minimum Wage. This tax deduction will be credited and all those self-employed who are registered before the end of the current year”, — told the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov.

self-employed — people who provide transportation, rent property, work Tutors, nannies. Many of them in the past year, the company decided to formalize its activities, to withdraw from the so-called gray zone and pay the tax in sizeESU 4 or 6 percent of their income. Last year, such a regime was in place in four regions — Moscow, Tatarstan, the Moscow and Kaluga regions. And from July 1, geography of application of this special tax regime will apply to all regions of our country. The minimum age of citizens who can register as self employed will be reduced from 18 to 16 years. Every day, more than 2 thousand people are registered in this status.

Citizens can get a preferential mortgage at 6.5 percent. It is valid until 1 Nov. On 29 June the Prime Minister announced an increase in the maximum loan amount for residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Moscow and Leningrad regions to 12 million roubles, and for residents of other regions — up to 6 million rubles. The minimum fee when you make a reduced mortgage is 20 percent.