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Barbados - Apply for Unemployment Benefit


Procedure

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The applicant who wish to apply for Unemployment benefits, should approach the Unemployment Section at the E. Humphrey Walcott Building,Culloden Road,St. Michael to complete a claim form and register at the National Employment Bureau, Warrens, St. Michael.

Following link provides more information about applying and the calculations related to benefits : More Information





Required Documents

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List down the documents required for successfully completing the procedure.

e.g.
1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.






Office Locations & Contacts

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Following link provides contact information and office locations of offices that can be approached for National Insurance Scheme : Contact Information





Eligibility

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  • Should have been insured by NIS for at least 52 weeks before becoming unemployed.
  • Should have at least 20 contributions paid to your account in the 3 consecutive quarters ending with the quarter before that in which you became unemployed.
  • Should have made at least 7 contributions paid in the quarter before the quarter in which you became unemployed.




Fees

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Validity

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever




Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

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Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". 
	





Instructions

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The benefit is payable for each day of unemployment except Sundays for a maximum of 40 weeks in a continuous period of unemployment; or for an aggregate of 40 weeks in the 52 weeks immediately before the current week of unemployment.



Required Information

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A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.





Need for the Document

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e.g. Birth Certificate - why do we need to have a birth certificate? 
 



Information which might help

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.





External Links

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Others

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