120 people laid off in Kostanay region
11:50, 5 August 2009
TANAY. August 5. KAZINFORM /Petr Plakhotnikov/ As a result of the economic crisis there are 120 laid off employees in Kostanay region; Deputy Head of the Regional Administration for Employment and Coordination of Social Programs Nagima Bizhanova said to Kazinform.
"There was no fast growth in number of unemployed", - N. Bizhanova emphasized. 5 092 unemployed were registered in Kostanay region from which 1 303 people (26 per cent) are being retrained and 1 462 (29 per cent) people participate in public work.
The rest 2 327 unemployed are women (1 687 people or 72.5 per cent) that according to the officials causes difficulties in involvement of the unemployed to the construction works under the Road Map Program.