Unemployment insurance

All employees must be insured against the financial consequences of unemployment. Unemployment insurance (UI) is financed by the premiums that are paid equally by employers and workers; they are calculated as a percentage of the gross salary. The obligation to pay unemployment insurance premiums corresponds to the obligation to pay contributions for old-age pension and survivors’ (OSI) (from 1 January of the year during which learners reached the age of eighteen).

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