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Mutual agreement

An agreement to end employment is a voluntary arrangement between employer and employee where both parties agree that the employment will end under certain conditions. These may include a financial settlement or a transition solution for the employee. Who initiated the termination determines whether the employee will be temporarily disqualified from receiving a-kassa or can receive it immediately.

Resignation initiated by the employee

If you, as an employee, take the first step to end your employment, you are normally suspended from receiving compensation for 45 compensation days. After this suspension period, the agreement is no longer an obstacle to receiving compensation.

Resignation initiated by the employer

If it is the employer who wants you to leave and initiates an agreement on the terms of the resignation, you will not be suspended from receiving compensation.

Agreements that do not lead to suspension

When agreeing on the terms for how and why the employment is to end, the following must apply for the dismissed employee not to be suspended from receiving compensation:

  • The employment must end at the employer’s initiative.

  • The agreement must be made before the employment ends.

  • The agreement must apply personally to the applicant; a general desire by the employer to reduce staff is not sufficient.

  • The agreed notice period is not relevant to the compensation assessment. It also does not matter what is stated on the employer’s certificate as the reason for the termination — what matters is what is written in the agreement.

Severance pay and notice period without work obligation

If you receive severance pay, you cannot receive compensation during the period that the severance pay covers. You also cannot receive compensation during a notice period in which you are released from work duties.