Even though the number of unemployed people in the country has reduced, the volume of accesses to the unemployment insurance still represents a high expense for the Federal Government. For this reason, the issue has been much discussed by the Union.
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According to data from the General Register of Employed and Unemployed People (CAGED), in 2021 alone, more than 6 million requests for unemployment insurance were made. This number is about 10.3% higher than that recorded in 2020.
In the first two months of this year alone, the Union has already allocated more than R$ 2.5 billion to people covered by unemployment insurance. It is estimated that, by the end of the year, expenditures related to the benefit will exceed R$ 41 billion.
The government has expressed its concern about the expenses it has been having with unemployment insurance payments in Brazil. Furthermore, according to information received by Correio Braziliense at the beginning of this year, the Union was already studying possibilities for modifications to grant the benefit.
Specialists and the government itself admit that the current unemployment insurance rules end up generating a stimulus for excess benefit by granting it numerous sometimes to workers who opted for informality, instead of continuing to work in a way that can encourage people to return to the labor market work.
For Luís Felipe, secretary of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, the main problem is related to the time that the unemployed remain using the installments.
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