Work and benefits for 60 weeks
For all part-time unemployed individuals, there is a 60-week rule, which means you can receive benefits for a maximum of 60 weeks while working part-time. If you have worked during a week, that week counts as a part-time week. If you haven’t worked at all, it does not count as a part-time week. It doesn’t matter how many days per week you work – a part-time week is any week in which you both work and receive benefits.
If the weeks run out
If the 60 weeks run out before you have found a full-time job, you have two options:
Continue working part-time without receiving benefits from the unemployment insurance fund.
Resign from your part-time job and be fully unemployed. To avoid being disqualified from benefits when resigning, your income from the part-time job must not be higher than the benefits you would receive.
If you are a single parent with children living at home, you can talk to Arbetsförmedlingen to get assigned to the Job and Development Guarantee, which allows you to continue working part-time with benefits even after using up the 60 part-time weeks.
How many days per week?
The number of benefit days you receive per week depends on how much you worked before becoming unemployed – that is, the average working hours stated in your decision in Mina sidor.
Some examples
The examples are based on individuals whose average working time before unemployment was 40 hours per week and who have just started their 300-day benefit period.
Anders works 20 percent
Anders works one day per week and receives unemployment benefits for four days per week. He can also receive part-time benefits for up to 60 weeks. It does not matter how much you work per week – if you work and receive benefits during the same week, that week counts as one of the 60 part-time weeks.
Anna works 75 percent
Anna works 75 percent and receives unemployment benefits one day per week. She can receive part-time benefits for up to 60 weeks if she continues working in her current position. Note that she will not receive any benefits during the first two weeks, as every benefit period begins with two waiting days.
Eva resigns from her job
Eva works 50 percent with a monthly salary of 18,000 SEK. Her benefits from the unemployment insurance fund (a-kassa) amount to 760 SEK per day, and in a typical month, she would receive 16,720 SEK if she were unemployed. Since Eva’s income from work is higher than what she would receive in unemployment benefits, she does not have a valid reason to resign according to the a-kassa.