More than 80 thousand requests for family support in the first week of January in Portugal — DNOTICIAS.PT
Social Security 81 thousand requests for family support for the first week of January, when schools closed due to the pandemic, a number close to the recorder in the confinement of 2021.
“Between the 1st and 10th of February, Social Security received 81 thousand requests for exceptional support to the family in January”, an official source from the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security told Lusa.
According to the cabinet, the numbers are close to the maximums recorded in the general confinement that took place in early 2021.
At that time, in January 2021, the number of support to the family amounted to 67 thousand, in February to 95 thousand and in March to 85 thousand, indicates the close ministry by Ana Mendes Godinho.
The number selected now in the first week of 2022, in the second week of containment of contacts decreed by the Government, when schools closed, is also more than double the number selected in the last week of December 2021, when daycare centers and free activities ( ATL) have closed.
At that time, around 40,000 claims were processed.
The February 2010 deadline, due to the closing of correction schools on January 10th.
Concerned as pre-prepared children of age for children aged 02 and 9 January, due to the marriage of the schools formed, as a result of birth mothers decreed by the Government for the covid-19 pandemic.
The family support form is first delivered by the worker to the company and it is the employer’s security entity that requests social support support, which in turn is paid directly to the company.
Support for the family is also available between December 27th and 31st, the December contacts, Government, and the first activities closed by free time (ATL) that were carried out in the first week of free time.
In December of the first week of containment, in the first week of December 1,900 requests were made for exceptional family support relative to the week of December20 as the most recent official source21 from the Ministry of Labour, from December 20 years, date of release and social security to the week of Lusa.
The support for the last week of December was paid on January 28, in the amount of 2.1 million euros.
The amount of support is 66% of the base salary, but can rise to 100%, with a limit of 1,995 euros (referred to 2021) and 2,115 euros (relative to 2022) in certain circumstances, namely when the two parents benefiting from the support alternately and in the case of single-parent families.
The minimum support limit corresponds to the value of the national minimum wage, that is, it is 665 euros for 2021 and 705 euros for 2022, being paid according to the number of days the worker is absent.