National Insurance Law (Amendment – Extending Eligibility for Unemployment Benefits for Reservists) Bill

What does the bill do?

The proposal provides that an insured person who served in reserve service for at least 30 days in the year preceding their becoming unemployed will be entitled to unemployment benefits for an additional period equal to the number of their days of reserve service. In addition, a reservist under the age of 28 will be considered, for purposes of unemployment benefits, as if they had reached age 28, and will thereby receive a greater number of days of entitlement to unemployment benefits. The proposal is put forward as a response to the economic difficulties of reservists who are called up again and again and face the loss of a source of income.