Manpower and Government Restructuring Program (MGRP) Secretary-General Fauzi Al-Majdali announced, Monday, that the cabinet approved signing up laid-off workers of the private sector on the Civil Service Commission (CSC) system as "job seekers." According to the approved cabinet decree no. 1577/2014 the CSC is obligated to register laid-off employees on its system in cooperation with MGPR.
Al-Majdali also said that discharged workers will receive their unemployment benefits at the end of this month.
Source: KUNA