Job loss allowance, severance pay and unemployment benefit are all payments that employees receive when they quit their jobs and have not found a suitable new job. However, the conditions and benefits of these subsidies are different and will be clarified in the article below.
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Distinguishing job loss allowance, severance pay and unemployment benefit (Illustration image)
| Criteria |
Unemployment assistance |
Severance allowance |
Unemployment benefits |
| Legal basis |
Article 47 Labor Code 2019 |
Article 46 Labor Code 2019 |
Article 49, Article 50 of the Employment Law 2013 |
| Conditions for receiving subsidies |
Having worked regularly for the employer for full 12 months or more but lost his job because the employer let the employee quit: - Due to changes in structure, technology or economic reasons - Split, split, merge, merge; sale, lease, change the type of business; Transfer of ownership, right to use assets of enterprises or cooperatives |
Working regularly for the employer for full 12 months or more but terminates the labor contract due to: - Contract expiration - Complete the work according to the contract - The parties agree to terminate the contract - The employee is sentenced to prison but is not entitled to a suspended sentence or is not released, is sentenced to death, or is prohibited from doing the work specified in the contract. - The worker dies; declared incapacitated, missing or dead - The employer terminates its operation or is notified that there is no legal representative... - Unilaterally terminate the lawful labor contract. (Unless the employee is eligible for pension; the employee's contract is terminated because he or she voluntarily quits work for 5 consecutive days or more without a plausible reason) |
- Termination of the labor contract, except for the following cases: + The employee unilaterally terminates the labor contract or labor contract illegally. + Monthly pension and allowance for loss of working capacity. - Have paid unemployment insurance for full 12 months in the 24 months before the contract termination - Have submitted an application for unemployment benefits at the Employment Service Center within 3 months from the date of resignation - Haven't found a job after 15 days from the date of submitting the application for unemployment insurance |
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Payee |
Employers |
Employers |
Social insurance agencies |
| Working time for allowance calculation |
Is the total actual working time, minus the time participating in unemployment insurance and the working time for which severance pay or loss of work is paid. |
Is the total actual working time, minus the time participating in unemployment insurance and the working time for which severance pay or loss of work is paid. |
Calculated according to the number of months of paying unemployment insurance premiums, for every full 12 months to full 36 months, they will enjoy 3 months of unemployment benefits. After that, for every additional 12 months of full payment, you will be entitled to one more month of unemployment benefits, but not exceeding 12 months |
| Salary calculation allowance |
Is the average salary according to the labor contract of the preceding 06 months before the employee loses his/her job |
Is the average salary according to the labor contract of the preceding 6 months before the employee quits his job |
Is the average salary on which unemployment insurance premiums are based for the last 6 months before unemployment |
| Subsidy level |
Benefit level = Number of years to receive benefits x Average salary of 6 consecutive months under the contract before leaving work |
Benefit rate = 1/2 x Number of years to receive benefits x Average salary of 06 consecutive months under the contract before leaving work |
Benefit/month = 60% x Average monthly salary on which unemployment insurance premiums are based of the 6 preceding months before unemployment |
| Limit of benefit |
Minimum benefit = 02 months salary No maximum limit |
Unlimited |
No minimum limit The maximum benefit level is not more than 05 times the base salary or 05 times the regional minimum salary, depending on the subject |
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