Supplement to unemployment benefits in the first three months

If you meet certain conditions, you can get a supplement to your normal unemployment benefit rate for the first 3 months of unemployment. It is called "beskæftigelsestillæg".

The maximum benefit rate can be increased from DKK 21,092 up to DKK 25,070 in the first 3 months. This means you can get a supplement of up to DKK 3,978 per month.

The A-kasse will calculate an individual benefit rate for you, and the amount of the supplement depends on your previous income.

You must have had an average income of DKK 25,475 per month to receive one krone in supplement. If your income has been below DKK 25,473 per month you cannot get the supplement.
In order to receive the full supplement of DKK 3,978 per month it requires that you have had an average monthly income of at least DKK 30,278.

Conditions for entitlement to the supplement

To be eligible for the supplement, you must meet all of the following three requirements:

• Member requirement: you have been a member of an a-kasse continuously for four years prior to your unemployment. You can have changed A-kasse during the 4 year period or have changed status (for instance from student to graduate), but in terms of time there must not be gaps in the membership period.
  If you have transfered periods of work and insurance from another EEA Country, the membership period from your home EEA-country can be used to meet this 4 years membership requirement. The EU-coordination rules accepts interruptions in the insurance for up to 8 weeks, which also will be accepted as a gap in this 4 years membership requirement.
• Employment requirement: If you are newly unemployed and have been granted unemployment benefits by meeting the income requirement, you must meet a "double" income requirement in order to also receive the supplement.
  This means that within the past 3 years you must have had an income of DKK 547,008 (in total).
  As applicable at fulfillment of the income requirement for the unemployment benefit itself, a maximum of DKK 22,792 can be included per month.
  
  If you have (re)earned the right to a new unemployment benefit period by meeting the requirement of hours worked (1,924 hours within the last 3 years), you must fulfill a "double" requirement of hours worked in order to also receive the supplement. This means that you must have reported at least 3,848 wage hours to the income register within the last 3 years prior to unemployment.
• Can have the maximum benefit rate calculated: You must have had enough income to be able to get a benefit rate calculated which exceeds 100% of the maximum benefit rate.