Fixed-term employment contract and register as unemployed
A fixed-term employment contract provides at least one information: When the employment relationship is likely to end again. In such a case, you should remember to register as a jobseeker in good time so that the employment agency can place you in another position as early as possible.
A temporary one employment contract offers the employer a flexible option for personnel planning. However, it confronts the employee with the need to look for a new job in good time. In addition to the deadline for registering as unemployed, you should also know the deadline for registering as a jobseeker.
When a fixed-term employment contract expires
- If your employment contract is limited in time, then you already know when you will need another job. In order not to risk a blocking period, you should not only remember to register as unemployed, but also register as jobseeker at an early stage.
- According to Section 38 subs. 1 SGB III, the person whose employment relationship ends must register as a jobseeker at least three months in advance - in principle, in person at the employment agency.
- However, you can also meet the deadline by registering online or by phone as a jobseeker if you then make up for the personal registration at an agreed appointment.
- You can also register as a jobseeker earlier than three months before the end of your employment contract, if you miss the three-month deadline, a blocking period could be imposed due to a failure to report will.
- If you want to register as unemployed, you need to have other deadlines in mind - and remember that you are basically have to report personally to the employment agency, a mere phone call is not enough to meet the deadline true, cf. § 141 SGB III.
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Register personally as unemployed
- You can register as unemployed at the earliest three months before the end of your employment contract, cf. § 141 para. 1 sentence 2 SGB III.
- At the latest, you have to be on the first day of the unemployment report to the employment agency. However, if this day falls on a public holiday or Sunday and the employment agency is closed, a report on the next day is sufficient to meet the deadline, cf. § 141 para. 2 SGB III.
- A personal unemployment registration is only dispensable in the context of the so-called nearness regulation of § 145 SGB III, here you can also be represented.
A fixed-term employment contract is no longer uncommon these days. In this case, you can register with the employment agency as looking for work in good time.
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