Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Définitions

Dernière mise à jour le :05/06/2023

Définition

Unemployment insurance benefits guarantee a replacement income to employees who are involuntarily unemployed, registered as jobseekers, and who have worked for at least 6 months in the last 24 months (36 months for those aged 53 or over).

The gross amount of daily benefits is given by the product of the replacement rate by the daily reference wage. The maximum benefit duration is equal to the number of days between the first day of the first employment contract and the last day of the last employment contract in the last 24 months (36 months for those aged 53 or over).