Over 22,000 laid-off employees get payments

10:06, 28/06/2013

(ĐN)- More than 25,600 laid-off workers in Dong Nai province submitted documents to register for unemployment payments in first half of the year, according to Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

(ĐN)- More than 25,600 laid-off workers in Dong Nai province submitted documents to register for unemployment payments in first half of the year, according to Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

Cán bộ Phòng Bảo hiểm thất nghiệp hướng dẫn lao động làm thủ tục hưởng BHTN
Laid-off employees register for unemployment payments at the province's Unemployment Insurance Office

Over 22,000 of them were approved to receive monthly unemployment relief totaling more than VND115 billion.

Most of the workers have been recommended new jobs and supported to take free-of-charge vocational courses.

Director of Dong Nai Employment Service Center Huynh Ngoc Long forecasted that the number of unemployment-insurance applicants will see a gradual decrease in the remaining half of the year and sharp increase in first half of next year.

Reported by C.N