Does the Deceased Employee Benefit from Unemployment Insurance?

Will the deceased employee receive unemployment insurance for the time not yet received?

According to the current legal provisions, unemployment insurance is a policy aimed at compensating a portion of an employee's income when they lose their job. It supports employees in vocational training, maintaining employment, and seeking new jobs by contributing to the Unemployment Insurance Fund.

Employees currently paying into unemployment insurance are entitled to unemployment benefits when they meet the conditions stipulated by law in Article 49 of the Employment Law 2013.

Included in this are the conditions stipulated in Clause 4, Article 49 of the Employment Law 2013:

"4. Has not found employment within 15 days from the date of submitting the application for unemployment insurance, excluding the following cases:

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e. Death."

On the other hand, the law stipulates that in certain cases, as prescribed by law, the person receiving unemployment benefits will be terminated from receiving unemployment benefits as stipulated in Clause 3, Article 53 of the Employment Law 2013.

Included in these cases is when an employee receiving unemployment benefits dies; they will be terminated from receiving unemployment benefits.

Thus, essentially, unemployment insurance aims to compensate for the lost income of the employee, to ensure the livelihood of the individual unemployed employee, and to contribute to social stability.

Therefore, based on the cited regulations and the above analysis, it can be determined that in the case of an employee's death, they are not entitled to unemployment insurance according to legal provisions.

The above is our consulting opinion on the issue you are concerned about.

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