When am I entitled to unemployment benefits?

When you are entitled to unemployment benefit I.

• Whether you are entitled to unemployment benefit I depends on whether you meet the necessary requirements.
• In order to receive unemployment benefit I, you must be unemployed and registered as unemployed with your employment agency. In addition, you must have been employed subject to compulsory insurance for at least twelve months in the two years before you registered as unemployed.
• For the short qualifying period, you must have been employed for six months subject to compulsory insurance. This entitlement only applies, however, if the occupations involved were activities that were limited to six weeks from the outset.
• Even those doing military and community service are entitled to unemployment benefits after the end of their employment relationship, as are mothers, who raised a child under the age of three, or people who received sickness, care, pension or maternity benefits to have.
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Duration of entitlement to unemployment benefit

• How long you are entitled to unemployment benefit depends on your age and how long you have paid unemployment insurance in the last five years.


When does the employment office pay? - Interesting facts about unemployment benefits

The answer to the question of when the employment office pays depends on the circumstances of the ...

• If you work for twelve months on 360 calendar days, you are entitled to unemployment benefit for six months - calculated over 180 calendar days.
• If you work for 16 months on 480 calendar days, you are entitled to unemployment benefit for eight months. These values ​​assume that you have paid for unemployment insurance in the past five years.
• On the website of the Employment Agency you will find a table that shows you how long you are entitled to unemployment benefit.
• Your client advisor at the Employment Agency will tell you individually when you are entitled to unemployment benefits and for how long.