ABSTRACT
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the world of work has been both devastating and far-reaching. In order to reduce the unemployment rate, it is necessary to increase motivation and incentives to look for a job, to improve readiness for work and help to find a suitable job, as well as to expand employment opportunities. Public employment services have become an important point for jobseekers, giving workers and employers access to a number of passive and active labour market support mechanisms. Active labour market policies are a key tool through which welfare states seek to improve the employment prospects of the unemployed. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the impact of active labour market policies and programs are needed to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of policies in responding to the needs of different groups. This study analyzes the data obtained from the survey of the unemployed with the aim of finding out how actively the unemployed cooperate with the state employment service and use services offered by it, as well as to reveal the possible shortcomings and shortcomings of this society, so that it is possible to eliminate them and increase the efficiency of this cooperation. © 2022, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. All Rights Reserved.
ABSTRACT
The economic and labour market consequences of Covid-19 were immediate, significant and lasting, with long-term negative effects on global economic development and activity in general. The global virus pandemic is having a profound effect on the labour market with a sharp rise in the number of unemployed, which are at high risk of becoming long-term unemployed as the pandemic drags on, some of whom will not return to the labour market. The outbreak of Covid-19 and the measures taken to combat it are leading to a rapid demand for unemployment benefits, but a large proportion of the unemployed registered with employment agencies are not actively involved in job search or do not want to establish an employment relationship at all. It is important to track and describe the major changes in the labour market around the world, but the restrictions that are being put in place to combat Covid-19 pose a huge obstacle to conventional data collection approaches and activities. Within the framework of this study, the unemployed in Latvia were interviewed in order to find out and evaluate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the unemployment rate and the unemployed in Latvia. The aim of the article is to find out problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, which are related to the unemployed and which need to be solved in Latvia, and possibly also in other European and other countries of the world. © 2021, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. All rights reserved.