FAQ about benefits

In order to claim unemployment insurance benefits, you must fulfil these conditions:

• You must have been a member of an unemployment insurance fund for at least a year.
• If you are full-time insured, your total annual income must have been at least 246,924 DKK (as of 2022) over the past three years

When we look at your income as a full-time insured member, we may only count a maximum of 20,577 DKK per month (as of 2022). That means it will take at least a year to earn the right to unemployment insurance benefits.

If you are part-time insured, your total annual income must have been at least 164,616 DKK over the past three years (as of 2022).

When we look at your income as a part-time insured member we may only count a maximum of 13,718 DKK per month (as of 2022). That means it will take at least a year to earn the right to unemployment insurance benefits.

Whether you are full-time or part-time insured, only the income you have earned while you are a member of an unemployment insurance fund can be counted.

We calculate your unemployment insurance rate by looking at your income in the 12 highest paid months within the last 24 months.

You can only receive a maximum of 19,351 DKK a month before taxes in unemployment insurance benefits (2022 rates).

You can apply for holiday allowance through Tast Selv, whether you are employed or unemployed.

We recommend that you apply no later than one month before your holiday.

You must notify 'Konstruktørforeningen's unemployment insurance fund - a part of FTFa', about maternity leave.

Usually you can start your maternity leave four weeks before you expect to give birth.

If you are unemployed, then you must contact your unemployment insurance fund four weeks before your due date at the latest.

You must also contact your job centre four weeks before your due date at the latest. Your job centre will assess whether you can stop coming to appointments until your maternity leave starts.

FTFa will then inform Udbetaling Danmark that you should receive maternity benefits, and they will then contact you.

You are allowed to work and have voluntary early retirement too. The hours that you work will be deducted from your voluntary early retirement benefit.

You can also do voluntary work without this impacting on your voluntary early retirement. NB: You must contact us if you are doing voluntary work or considering it.

Konstruktørforeningen's unemployment insurance fund is part of FTFa.