Worth knowing - CA a-kasse

Unemployment benefits
when going abroad
When you are unemployed, you have the opportunity to get
Danish unemployment benefits while you are seeking work
in another EEA country.
If you have plans to work abroad, you ought to contact us.
For the legislation in this area is very complicated; and many
traps exist. There is a distinction between working within the
EEA area and working elsewhere abroad.
If you have a job interview abroad, you can get
unemployment benefits although you are not in Denmark.
You must however contact us prior to departure and you
must have returned to Denmark latest 5 days after your
departure.
Read more on www.ca.dk/udland
Holiday
You can of course take vacation although you are
unemployed. You can spend that holiday payment which you
have earned with an employer or you can apply for holiday
benefits if that possibility applies to you.
You have no rights to holiday unemployment benefits if you
are self-employed as your primary work.
other parties, your presence is compulsory. This is also
the case even though there are more than 14 days to your
desired vacation. We therefore recommend you notify both
the Job Center and CA of your vacation as early as possible.
Remember always to notify CA of your vacation before it
starts.
Particularly for graduates
You will earn the right to holiday benefits according to the
benefits you have received from CA the previous calendar
year. If you have not received benefits from neither CA,
another unemployment insurance fund nor benefits for
maternity leave from your municipality you do not have the
right to holiday benefits.
What benefits do you get during the holidays
If you have a holiday slip from FerieKonto, you register the
holiday yourself at www.feriekonto.dk.
If you have to apply for holiday benefits you must use
particular application forms on holiday unemployment
benefits for wage earners or for newly graduates.
Read more on www.ca.dk/ledig/ferie/
Notify the Job centre – and CA – of your holiday
If you are unemployed at the time of your vacation, you must
remember to notify your Job centre of your vacation plans
no later than 14 days prior to the first day of the vacation.
Otherwise it is your duty to attend meetings and activities for
which the Job centre calls in – also if you are on vacation.
If you do not attend, you lose the right to unemployment
benefits for a period. Read more in the previous paragraph
‘If you stay away from a meeting’.
You must notify the Job centre of vacations irrespective
of your taking vacation at your own expense, with holiday
benefits or holiday payment.
Important! If you wish to take vacation and you have been
called in for a meeting at CA a-kasse, at the Job centre or
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