How many times can an individual receive unemployment benefits?

Article 45 of the Employment Law 2013 stipulates:

- The duration of unemployment insurance contributions for assessing eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits is the total period of unemployment insurance contributions, either continuous or intermittent, accumulated from the start of unemployment insurance contributions until the worker terminates the labor contract or employment contract according to the legal regulations without having received unemployment benefits.

- After terminating the receipt of unemployment benefits, the worker's previous period of unemployment insurance contributions is not counted for subsequent unemployment benefit claims. The period of unemployment insurance contributions for the subsequent unemployment insurance benefit claim starts anew, except for the case of termination of unemployment benefits as stipulated in points b, c, h, l, m, and n of Clause 3, Article 53 of this Law.

- The period during which the worker makes unemployment insurance contributions is not counted towards severance pay or job loss allowance according to the provisions of labor law and the law on public employees.

Therefore, there is currently no limit on the number of times a worker can receive unemployment benefits. If a worker has received unemployment benefits once, they can still receive unemployment benefits for subsequent periods of unemployment if they meet the conditions as prescribed.

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