Access to employment and labour market integration measures for non-Latvians are unfavourable. Only long-term residents are eligible for most jobs and vocational training like EU citizens. Non-Latvians are also excluded from some self-employed professions, since, for example, only EU citizens are allowed to be lawyers in Latvia. The state does not set national policy targets to reduce non-Latvians' unemployment, promote their vocational training, or improve their employability by teaching them Latvian. Non-Latvian workers have the right to join trade unions, but they cannot change their employer, job, industry, or permit category regardless of how long they have worked in Latvia.
