Anonymous consultation with Azdarar.mdi.am website

If your labor rights have been violated and you don’t know who to refer to, azdarar.mdi.am platform is for you. It allows you to submit an anonymous report of labor rights violations to a specialized lawyer, free of charge, who will respond with advice on possible actions.

You can continue the anonymous discussion with a specialist on the website until your problem is resolved.

The details in the attached video.






TUMO center in Koghb will soon open its doors

Koghb TUMO creative technologies center will soon open its doors in Koghb settlement of Noyemberyan community.

TUMO Center for Creative Technologies is seeking a highly motivated, dynamic and loyal individual who will take on the role of TUMO Center Manager in Koghb. The Manager will be responsible for the daily operations of the center, coordinating the implementation of the TUMO educational program and activities, and liaising with the headquarter in Yerevan. Fore more details click here.

 




What privileges do nursing mothers who have returned to work from physical leave have? MLSA

The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has published a list of benefits for nursing mothers returning to work from physical leave.

According to the RA Labor Code, childcare workers have the following guarantees and rights:

  • the essential working conditions of the child’s actual caregiver, who is not on vacation, during the entire period of caring for a child up to one year old, cannot be changed to less favorable conditions, except for the job title and (or) categories;
  • at the request of employees caring for children up to one year old, a part-time working day or a part-time working week can be established. In this case, the work is paid according to the time actually worked or the actual work performed.
  • employees taking care of a child up to one year old can engage in overtime work only with their consent;
  • employees caring for a child up to three years of age may engage in night work only with their consent, after passing a preliminary medical examination and submitting a medical report to the employer;
  • workers caring for a child up to three years old can be involved in duty at home or in an organization only with their consent;
  • employees taking care of a child up to one year old can work on weekends only with their consent;
  • employees taking care of a child up to one year old can work on non-working holidays and memorial days only with their consent;
  • employees who take care of a child under 14 years of age have the right to choose the time of annual leave after six months of continuous work;
  • at the request of the mother (stepmother), father (stepfather) or guardian of the family actually taking care of the child, childcare leave is provided until the child turns three years old;
  • employees caring for a child up to one year old can be sent on a business trip only with their consent;
  • it is forbidden to involve women taking care of children under one year old in heavy, harmful, especially heavy, and harmful work defined by RA legislation;
  • if a woman taking care of a child up to one year old needs to undergo a medical examination during working hours, the employer is obliged to release her from the performance of work duties, maintaining the average salary, which is calculated based on the average hourly salary;
  • according to the current regulations, until the child is one and a half years old, a breastfeeding woman is given an additional break every three hours to feed the child, and the average hourly wage is maintained for that period.



Regional Job Fair in Ijevan

On May 6, within the framework of the EU4Youth “Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development for Green Progress” project, Green Lane NGO, in cooperation with YSU Ijevan Branch, organized a job fair in Ijevan.

About 40 organizations participated in the job fair. They offered different jobs to the youth of Tavush region, offered various employment opportunities, short-term and long-term employment, internships, seasonal work, etc. More than 300 young people from different cities and communities of Tavush region had the chance to participate in the job fair. 

The purpose of the job fair is to connect the organizations operating and the youth living in Tavush region and enable the youth to leave their CVs with the preferred employers and participate in the interviews. 

The project implemented by Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (Georgia) and Green Lane NGO (Armenia) aims at identifying entrepreneurial potential in the most vulnerable communities and promoting entrepreneurship opportunities among young people.