On Jul 7, 2011, at 5:32 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > wow... > Glad you are feeling sanguine about it. Do you have something akin to our > unemployment insurance there? also good you can manage on one income.. at > least for a while. And the shaking is pretty much gone?
There is a government-supplied unemployment benefit. I believe it's means-tested which means they look at your assets etc to determine whether you're eligible. And depending on the circumstances there can be a 6-month stand down period, eg if you resign from your job or get fired with good reason. I doubt I'd even qualify with Janet's income. It's only meant to be there as a safety net and there is a bit of stigma attached to it. You can buy income protection insurance privately but it's so expensive and limited that nobody really bothers. I have learned not to think the shaking is gone anymore... I thought so in February and again in June. We've had a couple of little wobbles in the past few days but they do seem to be smaller and fewer now. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
