If you resign from your job, you must register with Arbetsförmedlingen on the first unemployed day after your employment has ended to ensure the highest possible compensation and to have any suspension days counted. You must also continuously submit monthly applications to us.
When submitting your application in Mina sidor, you will be asked to state the reasons for your resignation. The most common reasons that may exempt you from suspension are verified health and family-related circumstances.
Compensation after just under 10 weeks
Those who resign are usually suspended for 45 compensation days, which corresponds to approximately 2 months if unemployed full-time. The same applies if you choose to withdraw from a labour market policy program.
Once the suspension is completed and you begin receiving compensation from the unemployment fund, a qualifying deduction is made. This functions as a deductible and equals the value of two compensation days. The deduction is only made when you are unemployed or report income in your monthly application and must be completed within one year.
What counts as a suspension day?
Suspension days are a sanction intended to be noticeable. Days when you receive compensation from another source or are not unemployed do not count toward the suspension period—such as vacation, parental leave, illness, or if you are not registered with Arbetsförmedlingen.
Days that do count are those when you have either:
been registered with Arbetsförmedlingen and were fully or partially unemployed, or
had income from employment
A maximum of five days per week can be counted.
Maximum suspension: 112 calendar days
If the suspension days cannot be counted, the suspension period is extended for a maximum of 112 calendar days. This means that 112 calendar days after your last day of employment, the suspension is considered expired—regardless of whether all suspension days have been completed or not.
Reasons for exemption from suspension
There are certain reasons that may exempt you from suspension; in the conditions, these are referred to as valid reasons. They include:
Salary: You did not receive your agreed salary.
Illness: You have a medical certificate stating that the work is unsuitable from a medical perspective and that reassignment by the employer is not possible. For health-related reasons, the certificate must be issued before the employment ends.
Bullying and harassment: You are bullied or harassed at work, and despite efforts at the workplace, the problems could not be resolved—for example, through reassignment. The incident must be briefly verified in any way possible, such as a written statement from a manager, colleague, or union representative who is aware of what happened.
Part-time months: Your part-time months from the unemployment fund have run out, and the salary from your part-time job is lower than full unemployment compensation. (Your monthly salary is considered lower if it is less than your daily compensation multiplied by 22.)
Relocation of home or workplace: Generally, you are expected to commute daily or weekly until you find a new job that suits you better. To be exempt from suspension, you must have family circumstances that prevent weekly commuting. More here
Income insurance usually does not apply
Most income insurance policies do not apply if you resign from your job and are suspended from compensation. Contact your union or insurance provider to find out which rules apply.
Family reasons and relocation
When relocating your home or workplace, you are generally expected to commute daily or weekly until you find a new job that suits you better. To avoid suspension after resigning, it must be impossible to commute due to family circumstances.
If you move because your partner—whom you share young children with—has received a permanent position or started a business in another location beyond commuting distance, you will not be suspended. A probationary position is treated as equivalent to permanent employment. This may also apply to longer fixed-term positions, such as AT or PTP placements. "Beyond commuting distance" generally means more than twelve hours of total time away from home per day.
You may also avoid suspension if you have older children and there are reasons that make commuting impossible—for example, if the child has documented needs that prevent living with only one parent, and the circumstances make it inappropriate to split the family.