Unemployment will be increased up to 5,9% by the end of 2020. Minister of Trade and Social Protection of Population Birzhan Nurymbetov has informed about it, Toppress.kz corresponds.
“Situation on trade market and work resumption firstly will depend on decrease, relaxation of quarantine measures and resumption of activity of enterprises, organizations as well as economic revitalization. The process of employment resumption will be complicated,” – Nurymbetov said in the governmental briefing.
He noted that according to the broadcasts, if “the major relaxation of quarantine measures comes on June-July, then more complete employment resumption will start in the fourth quarter of the year”. “By the results of the year, in the end, probably, the unemployment rate will be 5,9% against 4,8% before the state of emergency ”, – he noted.
“Nevertheless government has already applied the measures to provide employment for the population, the road map of employment has been launched, Yenbek program capabilities have been broadened in compliance with other 9 state programs. Concerning its potential, we are planning to cover 1 million 200 thousand people by using these employment measures in the current year”, Nurymbetov stressed.
