The State Duma approved a plan to combat unemployment.

The State Duma adopted in third reading a bill aimed at supporting the Russian labor market. This RIA Novosti. The project, in particular, involves a series of government measures to retrain employees, as well as the Russians move to another residence for work.
In addition, under the new document, the employer must be no later than 10 days prior to the stoppage of production report to the employment offices. Citizens who have decided to resign on their own volition, will receive unemployment benefits amounting to 4900 rubles for 12 months.
Unemployment in Russia has become a marked increase in recent months, when the financial crisis began to outgrow economy. As a result, promproizvodstvo in the country beginning to fall, as businesses have cut staff or reduce salaries.
During the TV program "A Conversation with Vladimir Putin, held on 4 December, the Prime Minister said that the Government will allocate additional 10-50 billion rubles employment services. These funds, according to Putin, partly to cope with rising unemployment.
According to the ministry, in 2009 the number of unemployed in Russia could increase by one million - from 4.6 to 5.6 million. Thus, the unemployment rate podrastet to 7.6 percent.