The company explained that, in accordance with the Labor Law, severance pay is not paid in such cases.

Meanwhile, requests have been sent to the State Security Service (VDD) regarding five employees for permission to keep them on staff. Currently, a response from the VDD has not yet been received. As LDz explained, these employees possess specific skills that are absent from the labor market, and training new workers would require a significant amount of time. Furthermore, the employees in question have initiated naturalization procedures and are in the process of obtaining Latvian citizenship.

The Law on National Security includes a provision stating that citizens of Russia and Belarus cannot work at critical infrastructure facilities of categories A, B, and C, or critical infrastructure of special importance on a European scale, if the work involves access to information or technological equipment vital for the functioning of critical infrastructure.

Such work is permitted only in exceptional cases and with special permission from state security institutions. This provision entered into force on June 28, 2025.