Government extends scope of unemployment insurance
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Fabricio Castro
More than 216.5 thousand workers were laid off in December 2008 and January 2009 are entitled to two extra portions of the benefit, if they are unemployed - 93.6 thousand only in the State of Sao Paulo
The Labor Department announced yesterday the payment of two installments of extra unemployment benefits for 216.5 thousand workers who were dismissed in December 2008 and January 2009 because of the economic crisis. With the initiative, the government expands from 103.7 thousand to 320.2 thousand, the Brazilians who are entitled to benefit - only 93.6 thousand in the State of Sao Paulo. The measure still need the approval of the Board of the Fund for Workers (Codefat), which meets next Wednesday.
For the current rules, laid-off workers are entitled to receive three to five portions of unemployment insurance, with values between $ 465 and U.S. $ 870.01. In March, when the government announced the payment of two parcels for 103.7 thousand people, the largest unions in the country claimed that many workers had been excluded.
In recent weeks, the issue was being discussed. "We need to meet more Brazilian workers laid off in December, in addition to 106.7 thousand covered in the first phase of expansion," said yesterday the Minister of Labor, Carlos Lupi. Also included in the benefit of workers laid off in January.
"The first time, many sectors that were in trouble were not included," said Joao Carlos Goncalves, secretary of the Association. "It was the case of those who worked in stores, factories, shoe and clothes."
The sector of food and beverages will be most benefited: 45,290 workers will be entitled to two extra portions - in Sao Paulo, are 41.3 thousand. Second, it appears retailers (see above). "Unemployment insurance is a means of cushioning the crisis," explains economist Claudio Felisoni, the Institute of Administration (FIA). "It is natural that the government prioritize the sectors hardest hit by the economic crisis."
Extending the benefit, however, must stop here, since the formal employment increased again. "In February, the result has been positive and will remain positive until the end of the year. This will, therefore, the last step of granting extra unemployment insurance," said Lupi.
The two amounts will be paid to the employee normally through the Caixa Economica Federal. The expansion, however, has a curious effect: people who lost their jobs in December and the first announcement, did not address the expansion, will now entitled to extra portions, even if they have not received the benefit. If the person has received only three installments - in January, February and March, for example - it may draw two more in June and July, if she is still unemployed.
Source: Jornal da Tarde
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