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Abstract
The aim of this article is to inform about the most relevant features of the new protection system implemented in Chile in the face of unemployment. The analysis focuses on a very interesting point introduced by Law Nº 19.728: the link between unemployment benefits, when paid by charging the Fondo de Cesantía Solidario [Solidarity Funds for the Unemployed] for them, and the duty of the unemployed worker to participate in the employment and training schemes offered by the Oficinas de Intermediación Laboral [Bargaining Units]. This formula incorporated by the Unemployment Insurance Law in an incidental and detailed way into the social security benefits chargeable to the Solidarity Funds for the Unemployed causes a profound change in Chile’s social security system, because it directly links the grant of social benefits with both an active employment policy and the beneficiaries’ specific obligation to make use of the bargaining mechanisms and of the skills training provided by the State in order to facilitate their reinstatement in the labor market.