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Workers who have been made redundant or who have to stop working for health reasons could receive 80 percent of their usual salary for up to seven months, under a proposed new government scheme. The social unemployment insurance scheme has been designed in partnership with Business New Zealand and the Council of Trade Unions. The proposals have just been outlined by the Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson, at a news conference at parliament. RNZ's political reporter Katie Scotcher has details.
