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Get exempted from job search when starting a new job

Have you got a new job? First of all, congratulations!

If there are less than six weeks until you start your new job, you may be exempt from job searching. This scheme is called "Less intensive effort." Specifically, this means that you may be exempt from searching for jobs, filling out job logs, and participating in offers and meetings with us. To be covered by the scheme, you must, as a general rule, be able to present a signed contract or similar.

Are you going on maternity leave, early retirement, state pension, early retirement or starting a full-time education? Then you can also apply to be exempt from job search for up to 6 weeks before you go on maternity leave.

How to apply for job search exemption

You must apply yourself to be exempted from job seeking. You apply to the person you are in contact with, i.e. either your unemployment insurance fund or your municipality.

Have you been unemployed for less than 3 months of your unemployment benefit entitlement?
Then you need to apply for an exemption from us. You do this by logging in to Self Service and following the steps below:

  1. Select post
  2. Write a new message with the subject Jobs and meetings
  3. Write the following in the headline, "I'm getting a job/starting education"
  4. Select Employment documentation or Training start documentation and upload your documentation (e.g. an employment contract). The documentation from your employer must state that it is a full-time job (37 hours) and the date of employment. 

Have you been unemployed for more than 3 months of your entitlement to unemployment benefits?
Then you must contact your local authority, as they are responsible for approving your exemption.

Once we or the municipality have approved that you are in a less intensive program, you no longer need to apply for jobs or keep a job log. You also no longer need to attend interviews with us or the municipality.

You must still be registered as unemployed and available

Even if you are exempt, you must still be available for any work that your municipality refers you to. Therefore, your CV must remain complete and searchable on jobnet.dk, and you must reside and be domiciled in Denmark.

Last but not least, remember! - You must still be registered as unemployed on jobnet.dk, even if you are exempt from job search. Otherwise we are not allowed to pay you unemployment benefits.

Your first day on the job

On your first day of work, it is important that you remember to deregister as unemployed on jobnet.dk.