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The Government proposes that those unemployment benefit recipients who from 1 November 2020 have reached the maximum unemployment benefit period will have the opportunity to apply for unemployment benefits again for a limited period.After 1 November 2020 a number of unemployed and laid-off people have lost their right to unemployment benefits because they have reached their maximum period. At the same time the infection situation has developed recently and current infection control measures make the labor market particularly demanding. To help people in this special period we therefore propose that those who have left the unemployment benefit scheme after 1 November 2020 can apply to re-enter it from 1 February says Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Torbjrn Re Isaksen.Can receive unemployment benefits again from 1 FebruaryThe proposal means that those who have expired the maximum period can apply for unemployment benefits again from and including 1 February 2021. The period between 1 November 2020 and 31 January 2021 is not covered.Those who reach the maximum period of unemployment benefits between 1 February and 30 September will have the maximum period extended to 30 September. For others who are starting their unemployment benefit periods now the usual rules for duration apply see fact box.Will informNAV will inform those affected that it is possible to apply again and how to apply. Information will also be posted on Navs website . About 8500 people will have reached the maximum limit on unemployment benefits in the period from 1 November to 31 January.New wave of infectionIn 2020 the maximum period of unemployment benefits was temporarily extended so that people who reached the maximum period were allowed to continue on unemployment benefits until October 2020. The scheme was terminated on 1 November 2020. At that time there were prospects for significant improvement in the infection situation and better job opportunities. However the situation has changed with the wave of infection that Norway is in now. This means that those who have recently used up the unemployment benefit period or are approaching the end of the unemployment benefit period should be able to receive unemployment benefits for some time to come.
