The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose last week, slightly beating analysts’ estimates. Initial claims for jobless benefits rose by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 260,000 for the week ended July 30, the Labor Department said. The average estimate of analysts in a Reuters poll had put claims at […]
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US jobless claims hit eight-month high
Initial claims for US jobless benefits rose by 7,000 last week. According to official figures, the total number of initial applications reached 251,000. This number is the highest since last November. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal had expected new claims to fall to 240,000 from 244,000 last week. The number of people already […]
Unemployment benefit is linked to job search
Of Dimitris Katsaganis The Ministry of Labor is trying to turn the unemployment benefit into a “lever” of employment and not staying in the subsidized unemployment with two basic “clauses” which are provided in the bill which he brought to Parliament yesterday.. According to the first “clause”, any unemployed person who is entitled to unemployment […]
OAED: On April 4, the prepayment of bonuses and Easter Gifts begins
On Monday, April 4, 2022, the prepayment of the regular unemployment subsidy, the long-term unemployment subsidy and the self-employed unemployment benefit will begin, as well as the prepayment of the Easter Gift to the subsidized unemployed, to the beneficiaries of the special maternity benefit license, according to an announcement by OAED. The credits of the […]
The new unemployment benefit after the increase of the minimum wage
By Dimitris Katsaganis The regular unemployment benefit will again receive an increase in proportion to the increase of the minimum wage this year. According to the basic scenariowhich is on the government table, the minimum wage from May 1 will increase by 6%. Since the regular unemployment benefit (as well as the other 22 specialist […]
Everything changes in the unemployment benefit
By Dimitris Katsaganis The government plans to provide unemployment benefits with an employment “clause”. Capital.gr High-ranking officials say that what the government is looking at as a key scenario, among other things, the government – but not yet “locked in” – is the link between unemployment benefits and the provision of employment opportunities. In fact, […]
Amendment to reduce by 50% the stamps for the regular unemployment benefit to seasonal workers
Organizational arrangements concerning OAED – in order to enhance the efficient absorption of EU funds – but also an extension of the favorable arrangement in force for 2021 for the granting of regular unemployment benefits to other seasonal employees – in addition to the tourism and food sectors – in an amendment of the Ministry […]
Amendment to reduce by 50% the stamps for regular unemployment benefit to seasonal workers
Organizational arrangements concerning OAED – in order to enhance the efficient absorption of EU funds – but also an extension of the favorable arrangement in force for 2021 for the granting of regular unemployment benefits to other seasonal employees – in addition to the tourism and food sectors – in an amendment of the Ministry […]
Unemployment benefit claims double in third wave
Applications for unemployment benefits double in the third wave. The number of requests for benefits in the province of Castellón registered in the month of December 2020 amounted to 15,024, which represents 99% more than the same month of the previous year, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy. […]