Despite rising unemployment, benefits dwindle

Jan 20, 2010
By Ella Karapetyan

TALLINN - The latest statistics show that up to 40 percent of the registered unemployed, about 35,000 people, will not receive benefits or services from the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund Insurance Fund this year because, with higher unemployment and a smaller budget, funds are running tight. The 17,000 unemployed who have not registered in the unemployment insurance fund also will not benefit, nor will those who have given up looking for a job. About 57 percent of the registered u ...

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