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Shortening the unemployment benefit period

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When will your day period be shortened?

If you have received unemployment benefits for four years within the last eight years, you lose one month of benefits

If you have received unemployment benefits for a total of four years (equivalent to 7,696 hours) within an eight-year period, your benefit period will be shortened by one month.

If you have less than one month of unemployment benefits left, the reduction only applies from your next placement in the unemployment benefit system.

Once we have shortened your period, you will be reset and it will be at least four years before you can shorten your unemployment benefit period again.

Example of shortening the unemployment benefit period

On July 1st, you had your benefit weeks converted to 222 hours. In the last 96 months (8 years), you have also received 7,696 hours of unemployment benefit (4 years). This means that we need to reduce your unemployment benefit period by 160.33 hours (1 month of unemployment benefit). You will then be entitled to 61.67 hours of unemployment benefit.

You can extend your unemployment benefit

You have the option to extend your unemployment benefit entitlement and exchange your working hours for unemployment benefit hours. Read more about extending your benefit entitlement.

How do extending and shortening the unemployment benefit period affect each other?

If you have extended your unemployment benefit period continuously and you reach the limit of 7,696 hours of unemployment benefit (4 years), your extension option will be shortened by one month. This means that you can no longer extend up to one year, but only 11 months (1764 hours).

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