System of unemployment with company supplement: amounts since 1 September 2018

Author: Author: Anne Ghysels
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Publication date: 18/09/2018 - 14:00
Latest update: 10/05/2019 - 09:22

Following the evolution of the Consumer Price Index, from 1 September 2018, the following amounts shall be applied in the case of unemployment with company supplement (RCC/SWT).

Reference wage for calculating the company supplement

Since 1 September 2018 the gross wage taken into account when calculating the company supplement is limited to € 4,032.80/month.

Thresholds for the withholding of 6.5% to the account of the unemployed with company supplement

The RCC/SWT is not subject to the normal social contributions. A social contribution of 6,5% intended for the NSSO will be calculated on the total amount of the unemployment benefit and the (legal and extra-legal) company supplement.

By applying the deduction the total amount of the RCC/SWT may not be lower than specific thresholds.

Since 1 September 2018 the thresholds for applying these deductions in case of full-time RCC/SWT (CLA No 17) or half-time bridging pension (CLA No 55) are:

Application date

Unemployed with company supplement without dependent (€/month) (1)

Unemployed with company supplement with dependent (€/month) (1)
 

CLA No 17

CLA No 55

CLA No 17

CLA No 55

01.09.2018

€ 1.449,73

€ 724,86

€ 1.746,22

€ 873,11

NB: The deduction of 6,5% will be limited or not applied when the (full) deduction would have as a consequence that the amount of the unemployment benefit and the company supplement is lower than the minimum amount stated in the chart above.

Maximum amount of unemployment benefits received under the system of unemployment with company supplement (RCC/SWT)

A new maximum amount of unemployment benefits for the unemployed receiving a company supplement (RCC/SWT) has been in force since 1 September 2018.

This increase in the maximum amount of the unemployment benefits under the RCC/SWT has an impact on the net amount of the company supplement since the deduction of 6.5% is calculated on the sum of the unemployment benefit and the company supplement.

Category of unemployed receiving a company supplement

Unemployment benefits from 1 September 2018 limited to:

if the 1st benefit claim was submitted as from 1 September 2018

€ 1,347.58/month or € 51.83/day

if the benefit claim was submitted prior to 1 September 2018.

For employees already benefiting from RCC/SWT before 1 September 2018, the amounts are indexed by 2%.

Employees who benefited from the maximum amount of € 1,321.32/month (€ 50.82/day) will receive € 1,347.58/month (€ 51.83/day) from 1 September 2018.

The other amounts are indexed by 2%.

(1) The notion of 'dependent' (in the sense of the unemployment legislation) is exclusively defined by the ONEm (National Employment Office) on the basis of a document provided to the employer and of which a copy must be provided to us. In the absence hereof the unemployed person with company supplement is presumed to have no dependents.

Source: www.cnt-nar.be  

Author: Anne Ghysels

18/09/2018

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