As Generation 2004 suggested [1] Contract and Temporary agents will get a positive surprise in their February salary slip. Their unemployment contribution rate [2] will drop down from 0.81% to 0.51%. This applies to EU institutions and bodies. This is not the result of some mysterious superpower of Generation 2004.
The EU unemployment fund, financed by staff and by employer’s contributions, provides unemployment insurance to the colleagues contributing. The fund is in good financial shape, with increases in the number of contributors, monthly unemployment allowances paid and a total accumulated a reserve exceeding EUR 60 million.
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