25 Sept 2026 | 16:17

About 69 thousand teenagers in Belarus entered the labor market for the first time this year.

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In Belarus, over the first eight months of this year, about 69,000 teenagers aged 14

State support for organizing temporary youth employment – compensation to employers for part of the funds allocated for wage payments. It is provided by labor, employment and social protection agencies. The compensation covers wage expenses, but does not exceed the minimum wage amount, as well as the amount of contributions to the Social Protection Fund and Belgosstrakh, said a representative of the Ministry of Labor.

Over the summer, with the assistance of the employment service, 41,000 young people found work, 36,500 of them with state financial support. Since the beginning of the year, more than 55,000 youths have been employed, which is 12% more than in the same period last year. Youth work in trade, public catering, housing and communal services, agriculture and industry. As a rule, they perform unskilled work as auxiliary workers, green construction workers, etc.

Source: zarya.by

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