The director of OAED, Spiros Protopsaltis, in an interview on the television channel ANT1 explained who was entitled to the extension of unemployment benefits, and how the benefits for anyone on unemployment ending in May will be paid.
Their instalments will be paid one in June and the second in July. He continued to explain that for all unemployed whose benefits finished in the first 5 months of 2020, they will have received their two month extension.
What does this mean in more detail :
For beneficiary of 400€ per month they will have received 800€ with the additional 10% per child. For long term unemployed who receive 200€ per month they will have received 400€ and for part time workers who are receiving 360€ per month they will have received 720€. These are the first measures.
The second measure is an emergency payment of 400€ to all long term unemployed who have been unemployed between 12 and 24.5 months, who from April 2019 till April 2020 were unemployed, they will receive 400€.
In conclusion he stated that seasonal workers in tourism who do not become re employed, stressing for those””who don’t work during the summer but stay unemployed, they will receive economic compensation equal to their unemployment for 30 days continually . This will be for June July and August. All payments will be automatically done by OAED.
source:- www.mykonosdaily.gr
reported by:- Liz Osborn Zakynthosinformer.