Husband Passed Away, Is the Wife Entitled to Unemployment Benefits Instead?
Based on the provisions of Clause 4, Article 49 of the Law on Employment 2013, one of the conditions that employees must meet to receive unemployment benefits is:
Not having found a job within 15 days from the date of filing for unemployment insurance benefits, except for the following cases:
- Performing military service, police duty;
- Enrolling in studies for a period of 12 months or more;
- Complying with decisions to apply measures to send to a reformatory school, compulsory education institution, or compulsory rehabilitation center;
- Being detained; serving a prison sentence;
- Emigrating abroad; working overseas under contract;
- Deceased.
Thus, according to this provision, in the case the employee is deceased, they do not meet the conditions to receive unemployment benefits. Regarding the rights of the employee in this case, when the employee who is paying social insurance passes away, instead of receiving unemployment benefits policies, the employee's relatives will receive death benefit policies. This ensures the rights for the years your husband paid social insurance.
Respectfully!
