Hi Anders,
Appreciate the answers you have given here, really informative.
Would like your input also on my situation, being an EU citizen and having a fixed-term work contract for 7 months. If I start my A-kasse membership now, I have these scenarios:
1) I manage to find another job before this temporary contract ends - my A-kasse membership will continue without any changes, and hopefully the new job will be permanent or long enough to fulfill the requirement of at least 12 months of work & income of 223,428 DKK.
2) I don't manage to find another job before this temporary contract ends:
a) Can I continue my A-kasse membership and pay into it, even if I become unemployed? I understood there are some A-kasser that offer discount for unemployed members.
b) If I'll get a new job after let's say 3-4 months, will the new worked months be added to the initial 7 months worked before, while being an a-kasse member all this time? Or do you need to have continuous/uninterrupted 12 months of work with an income of at least 18,619 DKK per month to be eligible for dagpenge? Or the continuous part refers only to the A-kasse membership period of 1 year?
3) I end my A-kasse membership after the 7 months. Then in the near future I start again being a member of an A-kasse, because of a new job contract. Will another 5 months of membership with paid work suffice in case of future unemployment, if all other requirements are met? Or the 7 months-membership before won't count anymore and I have to stay another 1 full year with the new a-kasse before being eligible for dagpenge?
Thanks in advance for clarifying this.
Appreciate the answers you have given here, really informative.
Would like your input also on my situation, being an EU citizen and having a fixed-term work contract for 7 months. If I start my A-kasse membership now, I have these scenarios:
1) I manage to find another job before this temporary contract ends - my A-kasse membership will continue without any changes, and hopefully the new job will be permanent or long enough to fulfill the requirement of at least 12 months of work & income of 223,428 DKK.
2) I don't manage to find another job before this temporary contract ends:
a) Can I continue my A-kasse membership and pay into it, even if I become unemployed? I understood there are some A-kasser that offer discount for unemployed members.
b) If I'll get a new job after let's say 3-4 months, will the new worked months be added to the initial 7 months worked before, while being an a-kasse member all this time? Or do you need to have continuous/uninterrupted 12 months of work with an income of at least 18,619 DKK per month to be eligible for dagpenge? Or the continuous part refers only to the A-kasse membership period of 1 year?
3) I end my A-kasse membership after the 7 months. Then in the near future I start again being a member of an A-kasse, because of a new job contract. Will another 5 months of membership with paid work suffice in case of future unemployment, if all other requirements are met? Or the 7 months-membership before won't count anymore and I have to stay another 1 full year with the new a-kasse before being eligible for dagpenge?
Thanks in advance for clarifying this.