NATIONAL LABOUR MARKET POLICIES
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2.5.1.3.Emergency assistance for the elderly unemployed
The access of older unemployed persons to emergency assistance is facilitated by more favourable regulations concerning exemption limits. Under the condition that there is no possibility of placing a claimant and that the regional advisory council has been consulted,
- the exemption limit is raised by 100% for persons whose entitlement to unemployment benefit for 52 weeks has expired after their 50th birthday (the exemption limit for partners is thus ATS 11,393, and for each dependant ATS 5,738);
- the exemption limit is trebled for persons who become unemployed after their 55th birthday if their entitlement to unemployment benefit for 52 weeks has expired and they have been in contributory employment for at least 20 years (partners: ATS 17,088; children: ATS 8,608).
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