Unemployment Benefit
Losing a Job Costs More Than It Did: Unemployment Benefit Now Covers 64 Percent of a Lost Wage, Down From 70 Percent in 2015
The average payment has risen to about 700 euros, but wages have outrun the caps, a Bank of Portugal study finds. Six in ten claimants are back at work within a month of leaving the benefit, though four in ten earn less in real terms.
