Granting of Unemployment Status

Persons considered unemployed are those who have not attained the age entitling them to an age pension (63 years old), who are job seekers and not engaged in any type of activity provided for by Article 5 of the RA Law "On Employment", who are registered with the Unified Social Service for the purpose of finding work, are willing to accept suitable employment, and have been granted unemployed status.

The types of activities considered employment are:
• hired work activity for employers (including being in the personnel reserve of services, except for cases not providing for remuneration),
• provision of services or performance of work under a civil law contract,
• individual entrepreneurial and notary activities,
• compulsory term military service,
• full-time study in educational institutions, vocational training courses, and other forms of learning.

Persons holding unemployment status shall have the right to be included in state employment programs and measures in accordance with the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

Unemployment status shall be granted by the Unified Social Service within 5 working days after receiving the necessary documents.

Termination of Unemployment Status

The Unified Social Service shall terminate a person's unemployment status if:
1. the unemployed person has become employed,
2. the unemployed person has attained the age entitling them to an age pension (63 years old),
3. the unemployed person has been judicially recognized as legally incompetent,
4. unreliable data has been discovered in the information provided through documents by the unemployed person, on the basis of which the unemployment status was granted,
5. the unemployed person has refused a suitable job offer for the second time,
6. the unemployed person, without a valid reason, has failed to appear twice upon the invitation of the Service to receive an offer for a suitable job placement or for inclusion in a state employment program, wherein the valid reasons for the unemployed person's failure to appear at the Service are defined by the Government of the Republic of Armenia,
7. the unemployed person, after being included in a state employment program, has refused a suitable job placement offer,
8. by a court verdict that has entered into legal force, the unemployed person has been sentenced to imprisonment and is serving the sentence in a place of confinement or has been sent for compulsory treatment, with the exception of convicts serving their sentence in an open correctional institution,
9. the unemployed person has died.

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