Unemployment benefits can be paid for several months.

Under normal circumstances, you can receive unemployment benefits for up to 24 months, but the time limit for receiving unemployment benefits varies from place to place. Unemployment benefit refers to the basic living expenses paid by unemployment insurance agencies to eligible unemployed people according to law, and it is a temporary compensation for unemployed people to lose their wage income during unemployment.

What is unemployment insurance?

The social security system includes social insurance, social relief, social welfare, social preferential treatment and resettlement, basic living security for laid-off workers from state-owned enterprises and re-employment, among which social insurance includes pension insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, work injury insurance and maternity insurance. Unemployment insurance refers to a social insurance system in which workers temporarily lose their jobs for reasons other than their own, resulting in the interruption of their wages and the loss of their sources of livelihood. When looking for new employment opportunities, they get material help from the state or society to ensure their basic livelihood.

How often do you get unemployment benefits?

According to the "Regulations on Unemployment Insurance" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), the time limit for the unemployed to receive unemployment insurance benefits is divided into three grades according to the difference between the employer before the unemployment and the accumulated payment time of the unemployed:

1, if the accumulated payment time is over 1 less than 5 years, you can receive unemployment insurance benefits for up to 12 months;

2. If the accumulated payment time is less than 5 years 10 year, the longest collection period in unemployment insurance benefits can reach 18 months;

3. The accumulated payment time is 10 year, and the longest period of receiving unemployment insurance benefits is 24 months.