In 2023, Nghe An's unemployment insurance registration rate increased by nearly 13%
(Baonghean.vn) - According to a report from the Nghe An Employment Service Center, in 2023, the whole province had 23,149 people applying for unemployment insurance, an increase of 12.68% compared to 2022 (20,543 people).
Mr. Le Hai Duong - Deputy Director of Nghe An Employment Service Center said: Most of the workers registered for unemployment insurance are unskilled workers, who used to work at private enterprises or foreign-invested enterprises in the fields of textiles, footwear, electronics... In the context of having to bear the pressure of production costs due to fluctuating gasoline prices, lack of orders due to the unstable situation in Europe..., businesses are forced to cut labor, leading to many workers falling into unemployment.
Notably, of these, the number of workers working in enterprises in Nghe An province is 10,910, an increase of 37.9% compared to 2022 (7,910 people). This shows that enterprises in the province are still facing many difficulties in production and business after the Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2023, the Provincial Employment Service Center coordinated withNghe An Social Insuranceprocessed monthly unemployment benefits for 22,499 people, with a total amount of more than 403 billion 890 million VND. The average unemployment benefit is nearly 3.3 million VND/month; the average number of months receiving unemployment benefits is 5.15 months.
Mr. Le Hai Duong also added that most workers after quitting or losing their jobs want to return to the market sooner instead of receiving a decision on vocational training support according to Decision 17/2021/QD-TTg "Regulations on vocational training support levels for workers participating in unemployment insurance". In 2023, only 78 workers with decisions to receive unemployment benefits at Nghe An Employment Service Center received decisions on vocational training support./.
