On average, 27.6% of all workers in the 15-74 age group 2 The employee has died naturally at the workplace, and the Labour Inspectorate has prepared a report on the accident at work, the SLI assesses the causes of the accident and concludes that the cause of death of the victim at work is not the result of exposure to work environment factors. [...] In March 2020, the Ministry of Welfare, in cooperation with the social partners – the Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia and the Employers' Confederation of Latvia – launched the project “Balance for all - B4A” in order to successfully adopt Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council. [...] This is particularly important due to the demographic change and the lack of generational renewal in the labour market.4 The aim of this project was to start the implementation of the agreement at the national level – the signatories should start the implementation measures within three years from the date of signing the agreement. [...] The report includes information on the actual possibilities for individual measures available to the social partners, as well as the scope and form of joint measures for the implementation of the agreement. [...] In case the employer fires the employee within the period of 5 years before retirement (not due to employee fault), the employer has to pay to employee compensation which is almost similar to the salary that the employee would earn in the years remaining till the retirement.
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