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With the online participation of the Ministers of Finance Ignacio Briones and of Labor Mara Jose Zaldivar the Labor Commission of the Chamber of Deputies and Deputies began the debate on the bill that temporarily makes access requirements more flexible and increases the amount of unemployment insurance.The initiative which thus begins its second constitutional process after being approved by the Senate establishes that during the period of validity of the regulation it is proposed to improve the conditions of access and coverage of Unemployment Insurance .For such purposes the text originated in a message indicates that to access the insurance benefits they are reduced to three continuous contributions prior to the end of the contract or to six continuous or discontinuous monthly contributions in the last twelve months prior to the month of term of the contract and in this case it must be the last two continuous contributions with the same employer. As Ignacio Briones explained this project represents help in the face of a very dramatic reality for hundreds of thousands of families . However he stressed that without recovery in the economy there is no recovery in jobs.Payment of benefitsRegarding the payment of benefits the legal text establishes temporarily tables with coverage of unemployment benefits that replace the current regular tables.The change establishes a sustained coverage that from the second month does not drop below 55 of the average compensation of the worker and that in the fifth turn is established at 45 and can reach up to the 55 mentioned above through the issuance of a supreme decree that considers certain parameters for its increase.Thus according to the new proposal a minimum coverage is established during the period of suspension of the employment contract equivalent to 55 of the average remuneration of the worker prior to suspension which will govern from the second to the fourth month of coverage without distinguishing between workers with an indefinite-term contract and workers with a fixed-term contract or for a specific work job or service.In this regard Minister Mara Jos Zaldivar recalled that with the current system benefits are declining over time which is why it is sought that they do not decline more than 55 in the first transfers ... in this way more people in this benefit .During the session Luz Vidal president of the Inter-company Workers Union of Private House Francisco lvarez president of the Confederation of Commercial Workers Manuel Daz president of the Coordinator of Financial Services and Andrs Giordano president of the Sturbucks union.It should be added that the project in process which will be voted on in general next Monday August 17 also establishes a rule that regulates the way in which an additional remuneration may be granted to the Company charged to the Solidarity Unemployment Fund Unemployment Fund Administrator. This will be determined through a study that will be prepared by the Superintendency of Pensions and the Budget Office no later than August 2021.
