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Job search subsidy. People who have lost their job no earlier than 3 months can apply for the job search benefit. until the declaration of emergency or quarantine. To receive a job search benefit, you must register with the Employment Service and obtain unemployment status.
The job search benefit will not be available to people who are entitled to unemployment insurance benefits or when the term for its payment has expired at the time of the request of the person to the Employment Service. The benefit is also not paid if the person starts working or participates in active labor market policy measures.
The job search allowance will not be paid to students, vocational school students, etc. who have just enrolled in the Employment Service in order to receive this assignment.
At the end of the quarantine or emergency, the payment of this benefit will cease after 1 month. The estimated amount of the paid and awarded job search benefit is 33%. the monthly minimum wage (MMA) in effect in the month for which the jobseeker’s allowance is paid. For example, if the MMA is € 642, the profit will be around € 212 per month.
Social security benefit for unemployment. If you have been laid off, we recommend that you contact the Employment Service. Here you can search for a new job, receive offers to participate in trainings, as well as submit an application for social security unemployment benefit, which is granted and paid for by Sodra. An application for social security unemployment benefit can also be submitted to Sodra’s personal account.
By registering for the Employment Service, you are covered by mandatory health insurance and do not have to pay monthly contributions on your own. If a person who has lost his job does not register with the Employment Service, he will have to pay health insurance contributions independently from the following month.
To receive unemployment benefit, you must register with the Employment Service and obtain unemployment status. This benefit is granted to people who have completed at least 12 months of unemployment insurance in the last 30 months before registering with the Employment Service or have completed mandatory initial military service or alternative national defense service or have been released from permanent mandatory initial military service during which they acquired initial military training. , and registered with the Employment Service no later than 6 months after leaving the service.
Social security unemployment benefit is paid for 9 months. This benefit consists of two parts: fixed and variable. The constant proportion of social security unemployment benefits is 23.27%. MMA valid for the month for which the social security unemployment benefit is paid. Starting in 2021, the fixed part will amount to 149.39 euros.
The variable part of this benefit depends on the previous salary and the month of payment of the benefit: in the first-third month it will reach 38.79 percent. the average monthly insured income of the insured and will gradually decrease thereafter.
If the Employment Service offers a person suitable work or active labor market policy measures, social unemployment insurance is paid free of charge.
Long-term employment benefit. An employee who has worked for an employer for more than 5 years and is fired at the employer’s initiative through no fault of the employee is also entitled to a long-term employment benefit.
Long-term employment benefit depends on how long the employee has continuously worked for the employer:
- 5-10 years – 77, 58 percent. a subsidy equivalent to an average monthly salary.
- 10-20 years – 77, 58 percent. a benefit equal to two average monthly earnings.
- For more than 20 years – 77, 58 percent. three average monthly income per person.
It is paid if the former employee does not work for the same employer within three months and requests dismissal no later than six months after dismissal.
When an employee works for a budgeting institution or the Bank of Lithuania, the employer who fired him pays the long-term labor benefits; in all other cases, the benefit is paid out of the Long Term Worker Benefits Fund. Therefore, you must contact Sodra.
Cash welfare for the poor. A person with financial difficulties can apply to his municipality for social assistance in cash: social benefits, compensation for heating and water costs. In 2021, the right to social benefits will be acquired by people whose average monthly income per person does not exceed 140.8 euros.
When calculating average monthly income, a portion of earned income, social unemployment insurance, and job search benefits are not included (based on family composition and number of children, 20-40%).
When determining entitlement to cash welfare, property owned by the applicant is temporarily not assessed. Such relief will be valid for an additional period of 6 months after the end of the emergency and quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic. After these 6 months, if the value of the family or individual’s property exceeds the established limit, the property will be discarded for 3 months when you request support for the first time or 2 years after the last receipt of support.
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