Warning or loss of unemployment benefit from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency
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 from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency for one or more days.
What should you do if you receive a warning or a decision to suspend your benefits?
You will first receive a communication letter from us. In some cases this letter also contains a preliminary decision. Before we make a final decision, you have the opportunity to give us your views and comments. You can use the response form on the web, call us, or submit the form ‘Svar på kommunicering inför beslut om sanktion eller varning’ (‘Response to a communication regarding an impending penalty or warning decision’), which you will receive with the letter.
Submit your comments via the response form
If you are not satisfied with the final decision, you can request that we examine it again. If you wish to do so, fill in the form entitled ‘Begäran om omprövning’ (‘Request for a review’) and send it to us.
Request a review of a decision
If you neglect your job-seeking obligations
If you do not do what we have agreed on, you are neglecting your job-seeking obligations.
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.
If you cause your unemployment
If you resign from a job, you cause your unemployment yourself.
If you knowingly provide false information
Försäkringskassan 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 Försäkringskassan and thereby receive more benefit than you are entitled to.