Is it easy to get unemployment insurance?
Today, the Cabinet of Ministers amended the “Rules for insurance payments.” Prime Minister Ali Asadov signed a decision in this regard. According to the decision, he was fired due to the expiration of his fixed-term employment contract free The required length of service has been reduced from 35 to 30 months. The 3-month waiting period for the determination of insurance payments after the date of registration of able-bodied persons as unemployed has been abolished.
To what extent do these changes increase the chances of unemployed people getting insurance?
Unemployment Insurance FundRevenues of the budget for 2022 were approved at 180 million 375 thousand 536 manat, and expenditures at 180 million 375 thousand 536 manat.
State Employment Agencyfrom “Turan”Was reported that, After the change, the work of citizens who want to receive unemployment insurance has become even easier: “When a citizen previously applied for unemployment insurance benefits, 12 days before the date of his / her registration as unemployed. and 24 months insurance experience was considered that, whether the citizen worked fully during that period. According to the new rule, the date of termination of a citizen’s employment contract must be 12 years and 24 months insurance experience will be considered and The process of determining the insurance payment will be carried out.
It was noted by the organization that, Under the previous rule, unemployment benefits were paid to the unemployed not after the date of their unemployment, but after they were registered as unemployed: “This meant that the unemployed lost their money for several months. The new rule will be in favor of the citizen. “
Labor and Of the population Social Ministry of Defenseand from “Turan” that, Unemployment insurance is paid in three cases: “When the employer is liquidated, the staff is reduced, the fixed-term employment contract expires.”
According to the organization according toIn 2021, 3.7 thousand people will receive unemployment insurance payments.
Economist Speaker Jafarli told RFE / RL that, One of the biggest problems in Azerbaijan is unemployment registration. According to him, the procedural rules for registration of unemployment should be further simplified and should be automated: “1,700,000 employees have been registered electronically and The employment contract of these persons is automatically visible in all institutions. In this case, if the employment contract expires and If no other employment contract has been concluded, this person must be automatically registered as unemployed. There is no need for a separate appeal here. “
The economist thinks that, The biggest problem is for those who do not have an employment contract: “According to official figures, we have about 1.6 million people farmer looks like. That is, having a plot of land and It does not matter whether he received income from that share of land or not, that person farmer looks like and cannot be registered as unemployed. But having a plot of land in his name does not mean that he makes a profit.
N. Jafarli recalls that, If a person has a TIN, he is not considered unemployed: “But having a TIN in a person’s name does not mean that he is making money.”
According to the economist according tothose technical problems must be solved that, more accurate statistics on unemployment and the acquisition of insurance should be adjusted accordingly.
According to official data as of February 1, 2022, the number of economically active population in Azerbaijan is 5 million 304.3 thousand people. Of them, 4 million 988.5 thousand people are employed and 315.8 thousand people (6 percent) are unemployed. According to the State Statistics Committee as of March 1 this year according to The number of employees in the country’s economy is 3.6 thousand compared to the same period last year and or an increase of 0.2 percent to 1 million 682.1 thousand people.