Published: 14.04.2025.

The amendments for Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 75 of 25 January 2011, “Regulations Regarding the Procedures for Organising and Financing of Active Employment Measures and Preventative Measures for Unemployment Reduction and Principles for Selection of Implementing Bodies of Measures” came into effect on March 8, 2013, determining the procedure of implementation of the preventive unemployment reduction measure “Promotion of regional mobility of persons employed by merchants” (hereafter - Measure).

The aim of the Measure is to promote the regional mobility of persons (hereafter - Employee) employed by merchants (hereafter - Employer), by providing financial support to cover the transportation and apartment rent costs during the first four months of the employment legal relationship.

Measure is implemented in work places within the administrative territory of the Republic of Latvia, with the exception of Riga, where the education and professional experience of the particular person is demanded. The exclusion of Riga does not apply, if the declared place of residence is not in Riga.

Within the framework of the Measure financial support may be granted to an Employee who complies with all of the following conditions:

  • the person was registered as unemployed on the day before entering into employment legal relationship;
  • the work place is located no closer than 15 km from the Employee’s declared place of residence and the transportation or rent costs are not covered by the employer within the employment legal relationship;
  • Employee has lived in the declared place of residence at least six months or has changed the declared place of residence within six months time, and both the new and previous place of residence are located within the same municipality, except in cases when the employee’s declared place of residence is the first residence they have declared in Latvia;
  • employment legal relationship has been established for an undefined period of time or for a period of not less than six months. Employee is working standard working hours, and the wage constitutes at least the amount of the national minimum monthly wage, but does not exceed the amount of two national minimum monthly wages;
  • employment legal relationship has been established no earlier than ten working days before applying for the financial support.
  • You can re-apply for the Measure no earlier than 24 months after the end of the previous financial compensation, except in cases where the employment relationship has been terminated on the basis of the Labour Law Article 47, Part One, Article 100, Part Five and Article 101, Part One, Paragraph 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 or the service relationship has been terminated on the basis of the State Civil Service Law Article 41, Article 1, Paragraph "b", "c", "d", "e", "g", "i", "l" or "m" of the State Civil Service Law.

State Employment Agency provides financial aid to Employee up to 200 € to:

  • compensate the transportation costs to regularly commute from the declared place of residence to work place and back;
  • compensate the costs for the rent of an apartment and transportation costs for one trip per month from the declared place of residence to work place and back.

The emploee must apply within 10 working days from the date of commencement of the employment relationship by submitting the following documents:

  • Employee's application
  • Obligations of the employed person
  • Employer's certificate
  • or a copy of the employment contract, if it includes the following information:
    • Employer's name, registration number and contact information;
    • Date of conclusion of the employment contract/order on appointment to the position;
    • Actual address of the workplace;
    • Profession/position;
    • Salary amount (euro/month or h);
    • The expected duration of the legal or service employment relationship;
    • Agreed working hours: normal working hours (5 working days/6 working days); aggregated or part-time working hours.
      ! In the case of aggregated, part-time and 6 working days, it is necessary to add the work schedule for the first month.
  • Copy of the rental agreement, if applying for financial support for renting premises

If you are applying for financial support for renting premises, you must submit to the SEA within 10 working days after the end of the first month of legal employment or service relations:

Applications can be submitted in the following ways:

  • in person at branches;
  • by e-address;
  • by e-mail pasts@nva.gov.lv. When submitting by e-mail, the application must be signed with a secure electronic signature and must be drawn up in accordance with the regulatory enactments on the preparation of electronic documents;
  • using postal services.

Amount of financial compensation for the employee:

  • for the first month of the employment relationship, an advance of up to 200 euros to cover the costs of renting a living space, and for covering transport costs - according to the number of working days in the relevant month, not exceeding 10 euros per day, is transferred within five working days after the adoption of a positive decision on the granting of financial compensation.
  • financial compensation is paid for each month of the employment relationship, not exceeding 200 euros per month to cover the costs of renting a living space or 10 euros per day to cover transport costs. Compensation for covering transport costs within the framework of the mobility support measure is calculated by applying the methodology for calculating and applying the standard rate of one unit cost developed by the Ministry of Finance to the costs of one kilometer and one trip for the implementation of the operational program "Growth and Employment".