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90% of unemployed excluded from OAED's benefit

90% of unemployed excluded from OAED's benefit

More than 90 percent of unemployed in Greece, an estimated 1,172,817 people, are unable to receive OAED's unemployment benefit, while only 1,5 percent of long-term unemployed receive the additional 200-euro benefit.

According to OAED's official data that were published on Monday's edition,less than 10 percent of unemployed, 102,026 people, can collect the benefit due to the legal restrictions imposed. Most applications for the benefit are rejected due to the minimum number of wages the unemployed must have collected.

It should be reminded that the unemployment benefit is about 360 per month, which is increased by 10 percent for each protected family member of the beneficiary.