Allocation for the vocational integration or reintegration

Granting of the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration.

Allocation of vocational integration or reintegration is a fixed monthly sum of 15 % from the medium salary for the last year, without any taxes, given from the state budget of the Unemployment Fund.  The means of the state budget, allocated to the Unemployment Fund, are used for the social protection of non-insured persons against the risk of unemployment.

The obligatory conditions for the person to receive the allocation of vocational integration or  reintegration:

The solicitant must :

• 1. be registered as unemployed person in the agency of the same territorial area as the place of residence;
• 2. be attributed to the category of beneficiary of allocation of vocational integration or reintegration;
• 3. do not have any taxable incomes according to the legislation;
• 4. not be insured in the public system of social insurances.

Status of unemployed person

An  unemployed person is considered the person, which fulfills the following conditions:

• a) has the age between 16 years and prepension age, stipulated by law;
• b) is capable, according to the health situation and physical and mental capacities, to work;
• c) does not have a job and does not make any activity to obtain incomes;
• d) is looking actively for a job and may start working;
• e) does not study at any institution with daily attendance;
• f) is registered at the National Employment Agency or a private employment agency, authorized in legal conditions, at the territory of his home address.

The categories of the beneficiaries of allocation

Allocation of vocational integration or reintegration is given to unemployed persons under the following conditions:

• a) the period of invalidity of grade I or II expired; 
• b) has finished the period of taking care of a child in age from 1,5 years till 6 years, at the moment of birth of the child being unemployed;
• c) has finished the period of taking care of a family member with handicap of grade I or a child with handicap (in age till 16 years), or an old person (75 years or more);
• d) did not have the possibility to be employed after the fulfillment of the ordinary military service, reduced military service or civil service;
• e) did not have the possibility to be employed after being released from prison or an institution of social rehabilitation;
• f) are victims of traffic of human beings with the status, confirmed by the competent authorities, and could not be employed.

For the persons, stipulated at the point b) the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration is given in case, if they apply to the agency when the child has 1,5 years and does not have 6 years.

The size and the duration of the granting of the allocation

• 1. The size of the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration is 15% from the average salary in the national economy for the last year at the date of establishment.
• 2. The period of payment of the allocation is no more then 9 calendar months.
• 3. The allocation of vocational integration or reintegration is given just one time.
• 4. The unemployed persons may benefit from the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration starting with the eighth day after the registration of the demand for a job at the agency, if this right is confirmed by a document.
• 5. The unemployed persons do not receive this allocation if till the stipulation of the right to take it, they refuse a good job with no reason, according to the legislation, or the services of stimulation of employment, proposed by the agency.

The obligations of the beneficiaries of the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration

The beneficiaries of the vocational integration or reintegration have the following obligations :

• 1. to undertake measures by their own for employment;
• 2. to participate actively at the services of stimulation of employment, proposed by the agency;
• 3. to communicate in 3 days to the agency of registration about the modification of any condition, which conducted to the rights of beneficiary;
• 4. to participate and to be present at the mediation services twice per month for the unemployed persons, which live at the distance of 10 km from the agency, in other cases – once a month and on the request of the agency.   

The suspension of the payment of the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration

The suspension of the payment of the vocational integration or reintegration takes place:

• At the first day of the month, next to the month, when was not fulfilled the obligation, stipulated in the art.17, point (4) of the Law;
• during the period of the fulfillment of the military service;
• during the participation at the public works; 
• during the illness vacation;  
• during the period of arrest.

Restitution of the payment of the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration

The payment of the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration may be restituted after the suspension (by the order of the agency).

According to the legislation in force in case of the suspension of the payment in the conditions of art.38 point(1) letter a), at the first day of the month, next to the month when was not fulfilled the obligation stipulated in art. 17 point (4), the restitution of the payment is done according to the demand, but no later then after 60 calendar days from the date of the suspension.

The suspension of the payment of the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration, stipulated in art.38 point (1) letter a) is restituted from the day of the registration of the demand of the beneficiary on the bases of the order of the agency.

According to the stipulations of the legislation in force, in case of suspension of the payment in conditions of the art.38 : 

• during the period of the fulfillment of the military service;
• during the period of arrest;
• during the vacation for illness;
• during the participation at the public works,

The restitution of the payment of the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration is made upon the request of the beneficiary, but no later than 30 calendar days from the date of the solution of the situation, which conducted to the suspension.

In case when the unemployed person is coming to the agency no later than 30 calendar days, the payment is restituted the next day after the date of the solution of the situation, which conducted to the suspension.

The period of the suspension of the payment of the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration is a part of the period of granting of the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration.

Cancellation of the suspension of the payment of the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration

According to the stipulations of the Law the suspension of the payment of the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration can be cancelled (by the order of the agency).

The decision concerning the suspension of the payment of allocation of vocational integration or reintegration provided in art.38 point (1) letter a) the first day of the month, next to the month, when was not fulfilled the obligation (art. 17 point (4)) from the Law, is cancelled in case when the beneficiary presents some explicative documents, that he did not fulfill the obligation for justified reasons.

The following situations may be considered as justified reasons of the beneficiary:

• a) the birth of the child;
• b) the marriage;
• c) the death of the relatives including the II grade;
• d) force major;
• e) illness
• f) arrest.

The beneficiary must present the explicative documents in terms of 30 days from the date, when he did not fulfill the obligation, foreseen in point (4) art. 17 from the Law.

The termination of the payment of the allocation

The termination of the payment of the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration occurs in the following situations:

• a) at the expiration of the period, fixed by the law for its granting;
• b) at the date of the employment of the beneficiary;
• c) at the date of the authorization of the beneficiary for the business activity;
• d) at the date of ungrounded refuse to be employed at the job, offered by the Agency;
• e) at the ungrounded refuse to participate at the services of stimulation of employment, offered by the Agency or at the date of its interruption;
• f) at the date of the fulfillment of the pensioning conditions;
• g) at the date of leaving of the beneficiary abroad;
• h) at the date of entering in force of the judicial decision;
• i) at the date of the beginning of the maternal leave;
• j) at the expiration of the terms stipulated in points (2) and (3) of art.38 from the Law;
• k) in case of obtaining or trying to obtain the allocation of vocational integration or reintegration by fraud;
• l) in case of the death of the beneficiary.