THE ALLOWANCE FOR IDLE TIME

Following the identification of an emergency situation, a downtime allowance was introduced in Republic Latvia to compensate for restrictions imposed on employers and self-employed. Payment is intended only those employees self-employed persons who have paid social insurance contributions previous periods, thus small producers, craftsmen, farms were left without support, although their activities severely restricted or banned altogether. It cannot be argued that payment linked dependent children, so future children situations not any other type support. The analysis conditions shows criteria receiving are very variable, which interferes from orienting themselves proposed solutions applying them timely manner, moreover, excessive changes related one basic principles good legislation.