Warning or loss of unemployment benefit from the unemployment insurance fund

You may be given a warning if, for example, you do not actively look for a job or omit to report on your job search activities. If this happens repeatedly, you may lose your unemployment benefit for one or more days.

What happens if you do not do what you have to do?

If you have not submitted your activity report to us in time, if you have not attended a meeting or have in some other way not done what you have to do, we notify your unemployment benefit office. Your unemployment benefit office then contacts you and you are given the opportunity to describe what has occurred and why.

If your unemployment benefit office does not accept your reasons for being inactive, a decision will be made as to whether or not you should be given a warning or your unemployment benefit suspended for one or more days.

If you neglect your job-seeking obligations

If you do not do what we have agreed on, you are neglecting your job-seeking obligations.

Consequently, you may receive a warning or lose your unemployment benefit

If you

do not take part in drawing up a plan together with us
do not submit your activity report to us in time
do not fulfil agreements to visit or contact us
do not apply for jobs as instructed
do not actively look for work.

This is what happens if you neglect your job-seeking obligations

First time: you receive a warning.
Second time: 1 day without benefit.
Third time: 5 days without benefit.
Fourth time: 10 days without benefit.
Fifth time: Your entitlement to benefit is suspended until you satisfy a new work condition.

If you prolong your period of unemployment

If you decline a job, a work experience placement or other programme or measure, you are prolonging your period of unemployment.

Consequently, you may receive a warning or lose your unemployment benefit

If you

decline a suitable job
willingly prevent employment from being realised
decline a labour-market policy programme.

This is what happens if you prolong your period of unemployment

First time: 5 days without benefit.
Second time: 10 days without benefit.
Third time: 45 days without benefit.
Fourth time: 45 days without benefit.
Fifth time: Your entitlement to benefit is suspended until you satisfy a new work condition.

If you cause your unemployment

If you resign from a job, you cause your unemployment yourself.

Consequently, you may receive a warning or lose your unemployment benefit

If you

resign from a job without a valid reason
cause yourself to be dismissed from a job
leave a labour-market policy programme without an acceptable reason
have behaved in such a way that you have to leave a labour-market policy programme.

This is what happens if you cause your unemployment yourself

First and second time: 45 days without benefit.
Third time: Your entitlement to benefit is suspended until you satisfy a new work condition.

If you knowingly provide false information

The unemployment benefit office can decide to suspend your benefit for a long period. This applies if you knowingly or through gross carelessness provided false or misleading information to the unemployment benefit office and thereby receive more benefit than you are entitled to.

About unemployment benefit

In order for you to have some income while searching for employment, you may apply for unemployment benefit. Below you can read about what conditions apply and how to apply for unemployment benefit.

Unemployment benefit