Maternity benefit amount to be maintained by 100%: New bill

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS: The Republican faction of Armenia summoned a sitting at the National Assembly to discuss the bill on making amendments in the law on temporary unemployment benefits, Armenpress reports.

As RPA faction head Vahram Baghdasaryan told journalists, the RPA faction presented its proposals, today the government submitted a new version as a result of the joint work. “We maintained the issue of the unemployed pregnant women. A threshold was defined as well. The benefit of those who receive salary up to 1 million will be maintained,” Vahram Baghdasaryan noted.