Start and termination of employment

You may be entitled to earnings-related allowance if the employment authority considers that there was an acceptable reason for your resignation. If there is no acceptable reason, the employment authority may impose a mandatory waiting period, during which you are not entitled to unemployment benefits.

The mandatory waiting period prevents the payment of earnings-related allowance for a certain period. If you meet the other conditions for receiving earnings-related allowance, you may be entitled to the benefit after the waiting period.

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Register as a job seeker with the employment authority no later than on your first day of unemployment. Submit the earnings-related allowance application and the necessary attachments to the Unemployment Fund when at least two weeks have passed since the start of your unemployment. Attach a copy of the employment contract for the job that ended and the notice of termination to your first application.

If you have wage claims, submit a copy of the salary security application.

If it is part-time work (the working hours agreed in the employment contract are no more than 80 % of the maximum working hours in the sector), you can apply for an adjusted earnings-related allowance for the work period. Remember that in order to be eligible for the benefit, you must be a registered job seeker also during part-time work. Fill the working hours to the allowance application and submit a copy of the employment contract to the Unemployment Fund.

If it is full-time work lasting more than two weeks (the working hours in the employment contract are more than 80 % of the maximum working hours in the sector), you are not entitled to earnings-related allowance for the period of employment. You can apply for earnings-related allowance until the last day of unemployment. Remember to notify the employment authority about the new job.