If you find part-time or temporary employment, you may be entitled to an adjusted earnings-related unemployment allowance. An adjusted daily allowance is an unemployment allowance that takes your income into account.

The adjusted daily allowance can be paid when you receive salary income:

  • from part-time work – your working hours based on the employment contract are up to 80% of full working hours in the sector
  • from a short period of full-time work – the employment lasts a maximum of two weeks
  • work, where your daily working hours have been reduced due to lay-off (read more about allowance during lay-off).

An adjusted daily allowance can also be paid if you earn income from part-time self-employment or as an entrepreneur.

Adjusted allowance is paid for five days per week, also for workdays.

Salary income affects the daily allowance for the adjustment period during which the salary is paid. If the salary is paid in arrears, it may affect the daily allowance for a different period than the one during which the work was done.

Example: 
You work for one week on a temporary basis in August. The salary for the period of work is paid in September. You apply for a daily allowance in periods of one calendar month. Your salary will affect your daily allowance for September.

Exceptions and restrictions

The adjusted allowance is not paid for such application periods during which salary is paid for working hours more than of 80% of the working hours of a full-time employee.

Example.
You have worked on a temporary basis in March. Your salary is paid in April. You will receive the full amount of earnings-related unemployment allowance for March, if you have not been paid any other adjustable income at that time. Your salary and working hours affect the daily allowance payable for April. If the working time limit is not exceeded on the basis of the hours worked in March, an adjusted earnings-related unemployment allowance is paid for April. If the working time limit is exceeded, no earnings-related unemployment allowance is paid for April.

You have no right to adjusted allowance, if

  • you have reduced your working hours yourself
  • you have agreed with your employer to reduce your working hours. This also applies in situations where the contract has been concluded in order to avoid dismissal.