Local social insurance agencies are calculating the unemployment benefits according to the data received online from the territorial labor subdivisions under new rules that came into effect on February 10. Unemployed persons can now collect their doles for March, IPN reports.
According to the National Social Insurance Agency, the dole is calculated according to the person’s total insured income during the last 12 months of the 24 months before his or her registration as unemployed. The insured income is confirmed by the person’s social insurance account information. As such, unemployed persons don’t need to present any additional papers.
The amount of the benefits also takes into account the circumstances in which the person’s employment was terminated. If the employer went bankrupt, ceased its activity, died or went missing, or optimized its personnel, an unemployed person will get half of its average income of the last 12 months of the 24 months before the registration of unemployment. In other cases, the dole will amount to only 40% of that income.
The dole cannot be higher than the national average monthly wage.
Unemployment benefits can be received for 5 to 9 months, depending on the person’s contributions to the social insurance fund. For those who have paid social insurance taxes for at least 12 months up to 10 years, unemployment benefits will be offered for five months. The number rises to 7 months for those with 10 to 15 years of contributions and to 9 months for those with over 15 years of contributions.
