Bahamas: Coverage extension of government-funded unemployment benefit (GovUEBex)

Submitted by mmarquez on Thu, 07/23/2020 - 09:42
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nib-bahamas.com (21.07.2020) The National Insurance Board, after consultation with the Ministry of Finance, is pleased to advise that the Government Unemployment Extension Programme will be extended to persons whose last day at work was Friday 13 March, 2020. Our previous pre-enrolled customers included only those persons who were laid off after the lockdown as at 23rd March, 2020. Some 28,800 persons were pre-enrolled in the programme, and with this expansion NIB estimates that another 5,000 persons will now become eligible – bringing the total eligible enrollment to just over 33,800 persons. If you have received an “ineligible” response and your last day of work was on, or after, Friday, 13th March, 2020, NIB will now enroll you in the programme, and requests that you check back on the Portal to see an updated status.

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The Government Unemployment Extension Programme will be extended to persons whose last day at work was Friday 13 March, 2020. The pre-enrolled persons included only those persons who were laid off after the lockdown as at 23rd March, 2020. Some 28,800 persons were pre-enrolled in the programme, and with this expansion NIB estimates that another 5,000 persons will now become eligible – bringing the total eligible enrollment to just over 33,800 persons.

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