Apply for partial unemployment benefit

Source: BUS Rheinland-Pfalz

Partial unemployment benefit is a wage replacement benefit and is intended to partially replace the pay that employees are unable to earn due to partial unemployment.

You are entitled to partial unemployment benefit if you

are partially unemployed,
have registered as partially unemployed with electronic proof of identity, for example with an ID card with online ID function, electronically in the specialist portal of the Federal Employment Agency or in person at the relevant employment agency and
have completed the qualifying period for partial unemployment benefit.

Entitlement to partial unemployment benefit arises when all eligibility requirements are met for the first time: as a rule, this is the day of personal (partial) unemployment registration.

Duration of partial unemployment benefit

You are entitled to partial unemployment benefit for 6 months.

Amount of partial unemployment benefit

Your partial unemployment benefit is generally calculated on the basis of the average gross salary you earned from the lost employment in the last year before you became entitled to partial unemployment benefit. The amount is

67 percent for partially unemployed persons with one child
60 percent for other partially unemployed persons

of the gross pay reduced by the statutory deductions that usually apply to employees.

While you are receiving partial unemployment benefit, you are generally covered by statutory health, nursing care and pension insurance.

You are covered by accident insurance if you receive a special request to visit the employment agency or another office while receiving benefits.

You must notify any changes (such as illness, vacation, relocation, taking up employment) immediately, preferably online. Alternatively, you can also notify us in writing, by telephone or in person.

You can apply for partial unemployment benefit at your local office of the Federal Employment Agency.

You may have to fill in "supplementary sheets" if the employment agency requires further information.
The employment agency will then check your entitlement to partial unemployment benefit.
You will receive a written notification by post about the approval of the benefits, which will also state the amount and period of the payments.
If your application documents or other reasons do not yet permit a final decision, the Employment Agency may grant you an advance payment. This only applies if you are entitled to benefits on the merits.
The partial unemployment benefit will be transferred monthly in arrears free of charge to the account you have specified. This means that the benefit for the current month will be paid out at the end of the month.
In exceptional cases, you can have the partial unemployment benefit paid out in cash. You can submit the "payment order for offsetting" to your financial institution for crediting within one month or have the amount paid out in cash to yourself (or to a person authorized by you) at any Deutsche Post or Deutsche Postbank payment office. However, this will incur additional costs.

You are entitled to partial unemployment benefit if you
- are partially unemployed,
- have registered as partially unemployed electronically on the Federal Employment Agency's specialist portal or in person at the relevant employment agency and
- have completed the qualifying period for partial unemployment benefit.
You are partially unemployed if you
- have lost a job subject to compulsory insurance which you were doing in addition to at least one other job subject to compulsory insurance,
- are still in the other employment(s) subject to compulsory insurance,
- are looking for new employment subject to compulsory insurance,
- are available for the placement efforts of the Employment Agency. You are therefore able and willing to take up employment subject to compulsory insurance under conditions customary in the labor market.
Employment subject to compulsory insurance is employment in which you earn more than EUR 450.00 gross per month.
If the continued employment subject to compulsory insurance involves at least 15 hours per week, you are considered to be partially unemployed. If you also lose this employment, you are no longer partially unemployed and are not entitled to partial unemployment benefit. If you wish to continue receiving benefits, you must immediately register as unemployed electronically on the specialist portal of the Federal Employment Agency or in person at your local employment agency and apply for unemployment benefit.
If your continued employment is less than 15 hours, you are partially unemployed if you are looking for work of less than 15 hours per week.
You must register as partially unemployed electronically on the Federal Employment Agency's specialist portal or in person at your local employment agency. When you register as partially unemployed in person, you are deemed to have applied for partial unemployment benefit.
You have completed the qualifying period for partial unemployment benefit if you have worked in several jobs subject to compulsory insurance for at least 12 consecutive months in the 2 years prior to registering for partial unemployment and becoming partially unemployed.
The entitlement to partial unemployment benefit expires
- at the latest one year after it has arisen, even while you are receiving benefits or
- if you meet the requirements for entitlement to unemployment benefit or
- if you take up gainful employment for more than 2 weeks or with a working time of more than 5 hours per week.

Crediting of additional income:

If you are in gainful employment that is not subject to compulsory insurance while receiving partial unemployment benefit and which does not result in the entitlement ceasing, it will be checked whether and to what extent the additional income is to be offset against the partial unemployment benefit.
Income from continued employment subject to compulsory insurance is not a secondary income and is therefore not taken into account.

Identity card with current registration address
Passport/replacement document in conjunction with current registration certificate
In the case of online partial unemployment registration: ID card with activated and activated online ID function
Certificate of employment from the lost job (to be completed by the employer)
Certificate for the receipt of partial unemployment benefit for the continuing employment relationship (to be completed by the employer)

The competent authority may request further documents, for example

Certificate of additional income

Partial unemployment benefit is deemed to have been applied for when you personally register as partially unemployed, unless you make another declaration. You will avoid disadvantages if you

register as partially unemployed on the 1st day of partial unemployment at the latest,
register as a jobseeker in good time,
notify us immediately of any changes in your personal circumstances that occur after you have submitted your application.

Objection Deadline: 1 Month
The deadline for lodging an appeal and the form in which an appeal can be lodged is stated in the notice of appeal. The appeal may be lodged within one month of notification of the decision. If the notification is issued abroad, the appeal period is 3 months.

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