My situation is:
- I am a EU citizen and have A-kasse insurance since many years ago
- I studied in DK from 2002 to 2004, then started working in Denmark (DK local contract with a subsidiary of a US company) and in May 2010 the company sent me as expat to the US (still same company)
- Worked for the same company in the US: May 2010 - May 2016, then returned to DK
- Working in DK for same company since June 2016
The new law:
In the future only people who have stayed in Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands or another EU/EEA country in 7 out of the last 12 years can claim Unemployment benefits ("Dagpenge").However, the new requirement will be phased in over 3 steps:
in 2019 the requirement is five out of the last twelve years
in 2020 the requirement is six out of the last twelve years
in 2021 the requirement is seven out of the last twelve year
My understanding of my situation is:
- I will qualify at 1st Jan 2019 (5 years of 12 years in DK: I would have been 6 years out of 12)
- I will qualify at 1st Jan 2020 (6 years out of 12 years in DK: I would have been 6 years out of 12)
- I will NOT quality at 1st Jan 2021 (7 years out of 12 years in DK: I would have stayed 6 years out of 12)
- I will NOT quality at 1st Jan 2022 (7 years out of 12 years in DK: I would have stayed 6 years out of 12)
- I will NOT quality at 1st Jan 2023 (7 years out of 12 years in DK: I would have stayed 6.5 years out of 12)
- I will quality at 1st Jan 2024 and onwards (7 years out of 12 years in DK: I would have stayed 7.5 years out of 12)
Questions:
- Is my understanding correct? that I can quality for some years but others not?
- do I quality for any of the exceptions?
- is the law also applied to Top Danmark salary insurance?