The unemployment benefit is a cash value that is paid each month to those who lost their jobs involuntarily, and who are registered for employment at the Employment Center or Employment Service of the Employment and Vocational Training Centers. The unemployment benefit is intended to compensate for the loss of wages of work. If you do not meet the conditions for receiving the Unemployment Benefit, you may be entitled to the Initial Unemployment Social Allowance. If you have already received all the Unemployment Benefit to which you were entitled and remain unemployed, you may be entitled to the Subsequent Unemployment Social Allowance.
To apply for the allowance, you must be registered in the Employment Service (IEFP). The allocation and management of unemployment benefits is responsibility of the Social Security Institute.
Conditions:
- Live in national territory
- Be in a situation of involuntary unemployment
- Have the capacity and availability to work
- Be registered for a job search at the job center in your area of residence
- Have the required warranty period: 360 working days for others with a record of remuneration in the 24 months prior to the date of unemployment.
- In the case of agricultural and domestic service workers, periods of registration of remuneration are considered by equivalence to the entry of contributions (in which you have been receiving sickness benefits or parenting from the social security system) up to a maximum of 120 days.
The warranty period includes the days you worked:
- In a European Union member, in Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein or Switzerland
- In countries with which Portugal has signed Social Security Agreements, which allow periods of contributions registered in those countries to be counted in Portugal for access to unemployment benefits.
- If necessary, can be considered periods for recording remuneration for exercising an independent professional activity.
Unemployment benefit has to be claimed within 90 consecutive days from the date of unemployment, at the job center
Documents to be provided,
Identity card or passport valid for citizens of the European Union and Taxpayer Card.
Duration:
It depends on the age of the beneficiary and the number of months with a record of Social Security payments since the last unemployment situation.
Appeal procedures:
- directly by the employer through Social Security Direct (only with the employee’s authorization, the employer must deliver a copy to the worker)
- on paper by the worker in the Employment Service. If the employer refuses or is unable to submit a declaration of unemployment, namely due to the employer’s death, it will be the Authority for Working Conditions (ATC) who will pass it on, within 30 days from the date the worker asks for it
Eventual specimens of the necessary forms
• Application for unemployment benefits (to be completed online at the job center) – Mod.RP5000-DGSS
- Declaration by the employer that proves unemployment and indicates the date of the last remuneration (Model RP5044 / 2013-DGSS).
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