Unemployment Insurance Law Werkloosheidswet, WW

leaving certain provisions unchanged in case unemployment occurred on or before the stipulated date (= 1 October 2006), Art. I J effectively tightens the basic weeks condition (Art. 17 WW) see Art. I VV (concerning Art. 130o WW) of the Wet wijziging WW-stelsel. 

3 Entitlement conditions (in terms of lost employment and availability) 

Pursuant to Art. 16(1) lit. b WW, a person s status as unemployed further requires his or her availability (beschikbaarheid) for the labour market - that is, an unemployed person must be capable of working and prepared to accept work. The Central Court of Appeal Centrale Raad van Beroep, CRvB) has held that facts 

29 The Wet wijziging WW-stelsel introduced a new paragraph 9 (of Art. 16) according to which a person may also be unemployed - irrespective of Art. 16(1) lit. a WW - within a particular situation of employer insolvency. 

30 As to the content of this conception according to Cabinet documents available, see SER 2005 it was planned to exempt one monthly salary for each year of employment. As far as discernible, no information is available on a draft bill providing for the crediting of dismissal compensation against unemployment benefits see also SER 2005, o. 21. As to the reaction of the Government, see Tweede Kamer 2004-2005. 

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