Benefit rates


The daily rates of the unemployment grant are calculated as a percentage of your average daily salary during a qualifying period, according to your share in supporting your parents.
The rates are calculated as follows:
Your share in supporting your parentsRates of the unemployment grant
as a percentage of the average daily salary
20% to 34%35%
35% to 49%50%
50% to 74%70%
75% or more80%
A youth who has no parents is entitled to an unemployment grant at the rate of 80% of his average daily salary during the qualifying period.