Entitlement to benefits for participants in vocational training courses

Facts

This decision concerns a dispute between the Federal Office for Industry, Arts and Crafts and Labour (OFIAMT) and Mr. El Doueihi, who was authorized by the Vaud Cantonal Unemployment Insurance Arbitration Commission to attend a vocational training course. OFIAMT disputes Mr. El Doueihi's right to reimbursement of the costs related to this course, on the grounds that he was no longer entitled to unemployment benefits at the time of starting the course.

Considerations

The Federal Tribunal ruled that the entitlement to benefits under Art. 61(3) UIA, namely the reimbursement of course fees, is distinct from the entitlement to daily allowances under Art. 61(1) UIA. Thus, an insured person who has exhausted their entitlement to daily allowances before the start of the course or who does so during the course, continues to be entitled to the benefits under Art. 61(3) UIA until the end of the maximum period of 250 days set by Art. 60(4) UIA.

The OFIAMT directive limiting the reimbursement of course fees to the duration…