3.3.1.3. Contents

Employees and self-employed persons who are members of an unemployment insurance fund and who satisfy the conditions for receiving daily cash benefits in the event of unemployment are entitled to unemployment insurance. Daily cash benefits are granted for up to 6 days a week and are set at a maximum amount corresponding to 90% of the previous earnings of the persons concerned for one week, with a ceiling of DKK 2,630 per week (1997).

3.3.1.4. Financial resources

The financing of the unemployment insurance scheme is based on labour market contributions, membership contributions and transfer payments from the State

3.3.1.5. Institutional support

The scheme is administered by the state-approved unemploy-ment insurance funds.

3.3.1.6. Duration

Entitlement to daily cash benefits is conditional upon employment for a period equivalent to the full normal working hours within the trade or occupational field concerned for at least 52 weeks within the last 3 years, or employment as a self-employed person to the same extent.

For part-time employees the employment requirement is 34 weeks within the last 3 years.

When a member satisfies the conditions for entitlement to unemployement benefits, he or she will, normally, be entitled to unemployment benefits for a period of 2 years followed by various offers of training/employment for a period of 3 years.

Members above the age of 60 years are entitled to unemployment benefits for a maximum of 30 months.

Members under the age of 25 years who have not completed vocational training may, as a starting point, only receive unemployment benefits for 6 months within a period of 9 months. After this period the member has a right and duty to offers of training (or a job offer). During participation in training the member may receive an allowance corresponding to 50% of the maximum rate of unemployment benefits.

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