Federal State Service for Employment
The Federal State Service for Employment is an organizationally independent service within the territory of the Russian Federation, whose activities are aimed at: assessing the state and forecasting the development of employment; informing about the situation on the labor market; developing and implementing federal, territorial (regional, provincial, district, city) and other targeted programs to promote employment, including programs to assist citizens at risk of dismissal, as well as citizens in need of special social protection and experiencing difficulties in finding work; assisting citizens in finding suitable jobs and employers in recruiting needed workers; organizing, if necessary, professional orientation, vocational training, retraining, and upgrading the qualifications of unemployed citizens; providing social payments in the form of unemployment benefits, stipends during education arranged by employment service bodies, and offering material and other assistance to unemployed citizens and their family members unemployed persons who are being maintained by them1.
Federal Law No. 36-FZ of April 20, 1996 "On Amendments and Additions to the Law of the Russian Federation 'On Employment in the Russian Federation' dated April 20, 1996, as amended on April 20, 1996, Article 15, paragraph 1 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 1996. No. 17. Art. 1915. ↩