Unemployment security system

Earnings-related allowance

The earnings-related allowance is paid to fund members during unemployment or temporary lay-off.
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Unemployment funds pay an earnings-related allowance to their members for periods of unemployment and temporary lay-off. The amount of the earnings-related allowance is based on salary.

Qualifying for earnings-related allowance requires 12 months of employment and membership of an unemployment fund during that time. The earnings-related allowance is paid under the same conditions across all unemployment funds, and the benefit is calculated in the same way.

Amount of the earnings-related allowance

Allowance calculator Amount of allowance

Conditions, duration, and beginning of unemployment

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Part-time work and temporary lay-offs

Working while receiving allowance Allowance for a temporarily laid-off person

Working abroad and earnings-related allowance for the self-employed

Working abroad Allowance for the self-employed