Section 36 — EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM ACT 2017

(a)

the insured person shall be entitled to a reduced income allowance for each loss of employment—

(i)

at the rate as specified in the Third Schedule; and

(ii)

for the period which shall be in accordance with the contributions qualifying conditions in respect of the claim for benefits by the insured person as specified in the Fourth Schedule; and

(b)

the insured person shall not be entitled to a job search allowance, a training allowance or an early re-employment allowance.

(2)

The reduced income allowance shall be paid lump sum to the insured person.

(3)

If an insured person who has two or more employments at the same time—

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(a)

has lost one or more of his employments, whether on the same date or not, but has not lost all of the employments;

or

(b)

has lost all of the employments on the same date, each claim for benefits in respect of each loss of employment shall be treated as a separate claim for the purpose of determining the contributions qualifying conditions in respect of that insured person.

(4)

If an insured person who has two or more employments has lost all of the employments on the same date, he shall be entitled to one job search allowance for one loss of employment and a reduced income allowance for the other loss of employment.

(5)

In relation to his entitlement to the job search allowance under subsection (4), the insured person may elect the loss of employment in respect of which the job search allowance shall be paid.

(6)

If an insured person who has two or more employments has lost two or more of the employments on the same date, or all of the employments on the same date, the required number of monthly contributions—

(a)

shall be calculated based on the number of monthly contributions made by the employer in respect of which the loss of employment relates; and

(b)

shall not be based on the number of monthly contributions made by any or all of the employers in respect of the insured person.

(7)

If an insured person has lost his last employment and prior to that loss of employment he has been employed by two or more employers and has lost all the employments, the contributions made by the two or more employers may be taken into account in calculating the required number of monthly contributions in respect of the first-mentioned loss of employment provided that the contributions

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Training allowance and training fee