Unemployment Insurance Act (2001) Pays/Territoire Estonie Type du document Législation Date 2001 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Agriculture et développement rural Mot clé Questions de procédures Protection sociale Fonds spécial Taxe/impôt Aire géographique Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pays de l'Union Européenne, Europe du Nord Résumé This Act regulates the conditions and procedure for the grant and payment of benefits upon unemployment, lay-offs and insolvency of employers, the organisation of unemployment insurance and participation in the financing of labour market services and benefits, except unemployment allowance. This Act establishes a legal person in public law, the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund who shall perform the obligations arising from this Act, the Labour Market Services and Benefits Act, the Work Ability Allowance Act and other legislation. Unemployment insurance is a type of compulsory insurance the purpose of which is to provide labour market services, pay labour market benefits, except unemployment allowance, provide, upon unemployment, partial compensation for the lost income to insured persons for the time of the search for work, compensation of the expenses related to the termination of employment contracts to employees and service relationships to officials in the case of lay-offs, and the protection of the claims of the employees upon insolvency of employers. Texte intégral Estonien/Anglais Site web www.riigiteataja.ee