Restaurant Worker Tried to Obtain €5,266 Monthly Unemployment Benefit
Latvian news site Apollo.lv reports on a restaurant employee who, according to the outlet, used a social contribution scheme to obtain an unemployment benefit of €5,266 a month. Such a sum is many times larger than the taxes actually paid.
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Latvian news portal Apollo.lv has reported on a case in which a restaurant employee used a lucrative social contribution scheme in an attempt to receive an unemployment benefit of €5,266 per month.
How the system works
Latvia's social insurance system is designed to protect people when they lose their jobs. Benefit amounts are tied to the contributions made for a person within social insurance.
Why the case matters
The outlet notes that self-made interpretation of legal provisions can sometimes open the way to attempts to obtain benefits that are many times greater than the taxes actually paid. The benefit figure cited here points to such a gap between contributions and payouts.
The available excerpt of the article does not describe how the scheme worked in detail, name the person involved or mention any decisions by institutions, so those questions remain unanswered.
