Having in mind the urgent need to reinforce the social protection of unemployed employees, the Government decided to adopt, a temporary and exceptional regime regarding the access to the unemployment subsidy, for the year of 2010. Therefore, Decree-Law n. 324/2009, December 29 establishes that, for the year 2010, 365 days of contributions, and not 450 days of contributions, must have been made during the 24 month period immediately preceding the unemployment situation.

This transitory regime applies to:

a) Pending requests at the time of the coming into force of this Decree-Law;

b) Requests presented during the year 2010.

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