A letter to the Minister of Labor was sent on Monday, January 4, 2021 by DISY Famagusta MP Kyriakos Hatzigiannis, stating the need to grant unemployment benefits to employees who have not completed the required insurance credits due to the prolonged pandemic situation.
In his letter, he secured the Famagusta.News, Kyriakos Hatzigiannis informs that a number of employees in the tourism sector due to the prolonged situation of the pandemic and the decrees to suspend the operation of tourism and other businesses, have not completed the six months of work and the corresponding amount of insurance credit. As a result, these workers cannot be eligible for regular unemployment benefits, which puts the affected workers in a difficult position, who receive neither the regular nor the special unemployment benefit (“COVID”) after its closure. tourism sector.
At the same time, as mentioned in the letter, there is a report from the citizens that, in an earlier announcement of the service of the Ministry of Labor, about August, it was mentioned that the employees whose companies were partially active in the summer, would be beneficiaries of the special unemployment benefit. , due to the lack of information that existed, many beneficiaries instead of enrolling in the special unemployment benefits, as they normally should have registered, enrolled in the regular unemployment benefits, which they are not entitled to receive, since due to the decrees they did not complete the required working time.
Finally, it is reported that many employees, employers and companies have either not joined the plans properly, or several payments are pending, making their financial situation more difficult. Please take all necessary steps to resolve the above issues.
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