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Supplementary benefits

Read about supplementary unemployment benefits, part-time work, how the minimum payment rule works and when you need a release certificate.

What is supplementary unemployment benefit?

If you get a part-time job, you can apply for supplementary unemployment benefits. This means that you can supplement your salary with unemployment benefits if you work less than 37 hours a week as a full-time insured or less than 30 hours a week as a part-time insured.

If you receive supplementary unemployment benefit, you must still be available for work. This means that you still have to fulfill the various conditions as if you were unemployed.

Read about the possibilities for supplementary unemployment benefits as a self-employed person.

Watch Camilla talk about supplementary unemployment benefits and part-time work

Up to 160.33 hours in a month

We can pay supplementary unemployment benefits for up to 160.33 hours per month if you are insured full-time or 130 hours if you are insured part-time.

The minimum payout rule

We can only pay unemployment benefits for a minimum of 14.8 hours per month as a full-time insured (12 hours as a part-time insured).

If you have more than 145.53 hours of work or other deductions (e.g. vacation or illness) in a month as a full-time insured (or 118 hours as a part-time insured), you cannot receive unemployment benefits for the remaining hours.

Release certificate and notice of termination

In order to apply for supplementary unemployment benefits in connection with a part-time job, you may need to have what we call a release certificate. This depends on whether your work is covered by a notice period. A release certificate is your employer's written permission for you to change jobs immediately if you find one with more hours elsewhere.

Working with notice

With a notice period, you are entitled to supplementary unemployment benefits if one of the conditions is met:

Your employer will give you a release certificate.
Your employment contract states that your employer will disregard the notice period if you find a job with more hours.

You should not start your part-time job until your employer has completed and signed a release certificate. Once this is done, you can upload the certificate in Self Service.

D ownload release certificate.

Go to Self Service.

We must receive the release certificate no later than 5 weeks after the first day at your job where you are subject to a notice period. If we receive the release certificate after the deadline, you can receive supplementary unemployment benefits from the date we receive the certificate at the earliest.

Working without notice

If you are employed as a temporary worker, relief worker or similar, you can receive supplementary unemployment benefits. We don't need a release certificate for this. When you are not subject to a notice period, you can start another permanent job without further ado.

If you are unsure if you need a release certificate, you are always welcome to contact us.

Frequently asked questions

How long can I receive supplementary unemployment benefits?

You can receive supplementary unemployment benefits for 30 weeks within a two-year period (104 weeks). For a week to count towards your 30 weeks, you must have both worked and received unemployment benefits.

Examples of weeks that also count:

When you start or quit a job
When you work less than full-time, e.g. due to illness
When you have a job with wage subsidies
When you receive compensation instead of wages, for example, if your employer goes bankrupt
When you are laid off during a notice period and still get paid
When you work in shifts or on a roster
When you are self-employed, regardless of whether deductions are made

How do I regain my right to supplementary unemployment benefits?

Once you have used up your 30 weeks, your right to supplementary unemployment benefit stops for the weeks you work - unless you have re-earned a new 30-week entitlement.

You can earn a new right to supplementary unemployment benefit if you:

has worked more than 146 hours per month as a full-time insured or 118 hours as a part-time insured for at least 6 months.
worked more than 34 hours per week as a full-time insured or 27 hours as a part-time insured for at least 26 weeks.
worked more than 68 hours as a full-time insured or 54 hours as a part-time insured for at least 13 14-day periods.
within one income year have had a total income (A and B income and profits from self-employment) of at least DKK 273,504 as a full-time insured or DKK 182,340 as a part-time insured. You must not have received unemployment benefits in that year.

Can I extend my supplementary unemployment benefits?

If you haven't re-earned the right to supplementary unemployment benefit, you have the option to have it extended.

The extension is 4 weeks at a time and a maximum of 3 times. This means that you can get a maximum extension of 12 weeks in total.

When can I get an extension?

You can get an extension of 4 weeks if you have, within the last 12 months before your entitlement expired:

had one month of work with more than 146 hours as a full-time insured or 118 hours as a part-time insured.
had four weeks of work with more than 34 hours as a full-time insured or 27 hours as a part-time insured.
had two 14-day periods of work with more than 68 hours as a full-time insured or 54 hours as a part-time insured.
been self-employed for at least one month without unemployment benefits. Your business must have been registered in public registers for 6 months when your 30 weeks expired.

You can combine several of the options, but you can never extend your entitlement to supplementary unemployment benefits by more than 12 weeks in total.

If it becomes relevant for you to extend, we will automatically notify you.

Can I quit my job when I receive supplementary unemployment benefits?

The same rules for termination apply as if you have a full-time job. To avoid a quarantine, you must have a valid reason for resigning.

If you quit your job because you no longer qualify for supplementary unemployment benefits, you will not be quarantined.

It is important that you resign and leave your job no earlier than the end of the month in which your right to supplementary unemployment benefit expires.

If you choose to continue working part-time without unemployment benefits, you still have 26 weeks where you can quit without being quarantined.

How do I fill out my unemployment benefit card?

When you receive supplementary unemployment benefit, you must fill out the benefit card in the same way as for regular unemployment benefit.

When you fill out the unemployment benefit card, you can see the information we already know and make changes if you have any. Remember to declare all work, regardless of the time of day. Income must be stated gross per working day. You do not need to correct the individual days if the monthly hours are correct and you have worked in all weeks.

If you have no changes, just approve the card.

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