Check out important information about unemployment insurance

Unemployment insurance, created in 1986, is a benefit that guarantees that workers earn income in the months after layoffs to support themselves and their families as they scour the job market to get back into the workforce. However, do you know how to carry out this withdrawal? Do you know how it works or even if you are entitled to this benefit? See more information below!

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Understand a little about unemployment insurance

The first thing that must be clarified is that the possibility of unemployment insurance, when requested, will only cover workers who are being fired unjustifiably. This benefit consists of a payment that can be made in 3 to 5 installments, depending on the contribution time in your service. Look:

• 3 installments for the employee who proves at least 6 months of work;
• 4 installments for the employee who proves at least 12 months of work;
• 5 installments for the employee who proves it after 24 months of work.

However, another point that also interferes with requests for this benefit is related to the number of times the worker received unemployment insurance payments. That said, it happens that the person requesting the benefit must meet certain requirements such as, for example, having worked with a formal contract for at least 12 months in the last 18 months before being fired.

If the insured person applies for this unemployment insurance for the second time, the employee must have worked for at least 8 months within the period of the last 12 months before being dismissed.

See if you are eligible for unemployment insurance

• Formal workers, including domestic workers, are entitled to unemployment insurance when hired under the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT) regime, in the case of unjustified dismissal;
• The worker who had his contract suspended due to participation in a professional qualification program offered by the employer;
• Artisanal fishermen during the closed season (a period of the year when fishing for a given species is prohibited or controlled). In this way, it becomes a period in which the worker has no income;
• The worker who was rescued from a condition analogous to slavery.