Karens

What does karens mean?

Every four months you are unemployed, you lose one day of unemployment benefit. This is called a waiting day. In other words, it is one day where you do not receive unemployment benefits. This applies unless you have worked more than 148 hours reported to the income register within the four months. This corresponds to twenty days of full-time employment.

How are waiting periods deducted?

If you have not worked more than 148 hours within the four months of unemployment, an amount equivalent to one day's unemployment benefit will be deducted from your payment.

Example of waiting period

You become available on August 1st. This is when the 'barrow counter' starts. You will therefore lose one day of unemployment benefit in your November payment.

Are you on wage subsidy?

If you are employed with wage subsidies, you are still covered by the waiting period rule. The waiting period counter counts in the same way as in the example above. However, you will only be deducted from your unemployment benefits after you have completed the wage subsidy work and possibly returned to the unemployment benefit system.

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