unemployment benefit

De Wever's government has also announced measures including a maximum two-year limit on claiming unemployment benefit.

The musicians, from the band that became aligned with left-wing ideals and was named after the government's unemployment benefit form, said they were proud of their home city, even after negative headlines over its stacked-up bin bags in recent weeks.

The state’s Employment Development Department said that as of Tuesday, workers had filed about 5,300 unemployment benefit claims linked to the fires.

Unpaid, they could apply for unemployment benefit, although many had difficulty getting it.

If each person received the maximum unemployment benefit of $1,019 each week, for four weeks, the state’s fund would have to pay out $122 million.