The Union Ministry of Labour is considering giving a big relief to the unemployed. According to the new proposal, ESIC related employees will be given 6 months allowance in case of unemployment. This allowance will be 50% of the last salary. At present, the unemployed are paid an allowance of 25 per cent of the last wage. Apart from this allowance is given for 3 months only. But now this period is going to double.
If a person becomes unemployed, he is given an allowance of 25% of his last salary for the next 3 months. The current rule is that an employee can avail this scheme only once. But now this limit will be abolished. This can bring relief to the unemployed. A meeting of the members of the Employees State Insurance Corporation will be held on August 20.The proposal will be included in it, the Economic Times has reported. If approved, the proposal would benefit 3.2 crore ESIC-linked workers.