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We can only pay you earnings-related daily allowance after you have been unemployed for a total of seven full working days for a maximum of eight consecutive calendar weeks. This is the waiting period.
Expiry of the waiting period
The duration of the waiting period is equal to seven full working days and can be up to five days per calendar week.
The waiting period days are consumed by each day from which you would be entitled to full earnings-related daily allowance or from which you receive earnings-related daily allowance by participating in a employment promoting service.
If you work part-time, we will calculate the equivalent of seven full working days by deducting the maximum hours worked in accordance with the applicable collective agreement in the industry. This way we can find out your unemployment time. When your unemployment period corresponds to seven full working days, your waiting period has passed and we can start paying you earnings-related daily allowance.
When you work part-time and we pay you adjusted earnings-related daily allowance, we check the restrictions on working hours so that we take into account working hours when the pay corresponding to working hours is actually paid. The waiting period is an exception to this. We always calculate the passing of the waiting time according to the actual time of the work, regardless of when the pay corresponding to the working hours is paid to you.
The waiting period is not consumed by the days in which
You are not unemployed
Your job search is not valid
You are employed continuously for a maximum of two weeks
You are not entitled to earnings-related daily allowance
You are not entitled to adjusted earnings-related daily allowance due to exceeding the working hours limits
Eight weeks
The waiting period must expire during eight consecutive calendar weeks. If you are completely unemployed or laid off, this is of no practical significance, as the waiting period is usually one or two calendar weeks.
If you work part-time or have been partially laid off, it is possible that your waiting period will not last for eight consecutive calendar weeks. This is also rare and requires that the lay-off period is very limited.
New waiting period
The waiting period will not exceed once per maximum period of earnings-related daily allowance.
An exception is made for situations where the waiting period is not fully used up in eight consecutive calendar weeks. In this case, you may have more than one waiting period per maximum payment period.
Each time you meet the working condition, you will receive a new maximum payment period and, at the same time, a new waiting period. In such a situation, a new waiting period will therefore be due even if the previous maximum payment period is still outstanding.
