MOSCOW, October 25 (RAPSI) – The Russian Government Commission on Legislative Activities has supported a bill on protection of labor rights for underage orphans who were left without provision from parents, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday.

State Duma lawmaker Olga Batalina, who is behind this bill, proposes to introduce changes to the Russian labor laws. In particular she proposes that temporary jobs that are held by orphans during school vacations would not prevent them from receiving increased unemployment benefits.

According to Batalina, the legislation allows child orphans to receive additional social benefits during search for work. After they are listed as unemployed, who seeks job for the first time, during six months they are to be paid benefit that is equal to average salary for that region. If a child holds temporary vacation job he or she is losing a status of the person who is seeking a job for the first time, which leaves them without additional support.