Unemployment of people who are in disadvantage on the labour market is a nationwide problem. Such disadvantages concern low qualifications, women returning from maternity leave, elderly people, disabled people, national minorities, young people and people who have problems to become adapted to the ``normal life{\crqq} (homeless people or people who had drug problems in the past or were imprisoned). This long-term unemployment is one of the biggest problems Czech Republic has to face since 1989. Comparing to the other EU countries where the long-term unemployment is decreasing, Czech Republic belongs to countries with the highest unemployment. The situation is becoming even worse. This thesis concentrates on the issue of long-term unemployme...