Unemployment benefit amount and reference wages of beneficiaries of unemployment insurance

This file presents the compensation amounts and the reference wages of the beneficiaries of the Unemployment Insurance (ARE, AREF, CSP). **Lists of allowances concerned** Name of allocation/Abbreviation/Grouping — Assistance allowance for return to employment/ARE/ARE — Assistance allowance for return to employment, intermittent/ARE intermittent/ARE — Specific Professional Security Allowance/ASP/CSP — Specific Professional Security Allowance/ASP ARE/CSP — Return to Employment Allowance Training/AREF/AREF — Return to Employment Allowance Training, intermittent/AREF intermittent/AREF **Regulatory aspects of the calculation of the amount paid (unemployment insurance)** Beneficiaries of unemployment insurance (except those covered by Annexes 8 and 10) shall be compensated on the basis of a ‘reference daily salary’ calculated on the basis of former gross wages subject to unemployment insurance contributions and premiums included in the monthly salary (seniority, return, holiday bonuses, 13rd month) received in the last 12 months prior to the loss of employment, However, the wages taken into account may not exceed four times the social security ceiling (EUR 12680 (*) per month). The amount of the “daily rate of compensation” (daily amount of the unemployment benefit), at entry, is deducted from the daily wage according to different formulas (valid for recipients who have worked full time): • 75 % of the RRS when the reference jounal salary is less than or equal to EUR 1147 (*) • the minimum (EUR 28.67) (*) for a reference monthly salary between EUR 1147 (*) and EUR 1256 (*) • 40.4 % of salary + the fixed part EUR 11.76 (*) when the reference monthly salary is between EUR 1 256 (*) and EUR 2125 • and 57 % of the SJR when the reference monthly salary is more than EUR 2125 (*). The daily amount ‘floor’ is EUR 20.54 (*) (i.e. EUR 616 per month). The compensation rate may be lower than these floor values for recipients with part-time work references. The maximum daily amount is EUR 241.22 (i.e. EUR 7 237 per month) _(*): as of 1 July 2015_