As the Minister noted, since April 1, more than 2 million unemployed were registered in employment services, and “at the peak, 15 million jobs were under severe restrictions (in other words, they did not work).”
“The fact that only 680 thousand has been reduced to date is bad, that it is reduced, really bad, but the fact that it is only 4.5% of the total is a good result,” Reshetnikov said.
According to the minister, he expects that the ministry will fulfill the task set by the president, and in 2021 the level of employment will return to the level of 2019 in connection with the adopted package of measures to support the economy.
The transcript of the government meeting published by the press service of the Cabinet.
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that the number of officially registered unemployed in Russia since April 1 has grown more than 3.5 times.
According to the Minister of Labor and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov, the number of laid-off workers in Russia since the end of March amounted to 3 million 718 thousand, and 3 million 36 thousand citizens were hired.