The subject matter of the Master thesis is the potential unemployed, who will loose their source of living after the decommissioning of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, their expectations concerning social guarantees, which are provided for in the policy carried out by the Republic of Lithuania in this particular case. With the view to fulfilling the tasks set in the thesis, literature and other sources on the topic in the Internet, social studies on the decommissioning of the Nuclear Power Plant were analysed, interviews with the employees of the nuclear power plant, who will gradually loose their jobs due to the decommissioning of the power plant, were conducted. The Master thesis consists of three parts. The first part considers the problems encountered by the potential unemployed due to the integration of Lithuania into the European Union, threats posed by the increased competition of labour force and free movement of labour in the European Union area, social consequences of loosing a job and former social status, as well as problems relating to the necessity of re-qualification and taking new personal initiatives in order to cope with the threat of unemployment. The second part reviews the legal acts, following which the potential unemployed can hope for social security after the decommissioning of the Nuclear Power Plant, social studies and readiness of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant region and Visaginas town to meet the future changes in the labour market, and... [to full text]