14 February 2016
AMMAN -- A total of 10,708 social security subscribers benefited from unemployment insurance in 2015, at a cost of JD7.88 million, according to a statement from the Social Security Corporation (SSC) media centre issued on Saturday.

This brings the number of SSC subscribers who have benefited from the insurance since the SSC started implementing it in September 2011 to 28,195 at a cost of JD 22.75 million, according to the statement. Unemployment insurance provides income for basic living necessities for those who lose their jobs.

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