The duration of your WW benefit is determined according to your employment history and whether you meet the weeks requirement and years requirement.

  • Weeks requirement: in the last 36 weeks before your unemployment, you must have worked for at least 26 weeks.
  • Year requirement: in the last 5 years before your dismissal, you must have worked in at least 4 calendar years and have received wages over those years on which unemployment insurance contributions were paid.

Do you meet these conditions? Then the following calculation applies for the duration:

  • For the first 10 working years: 1 month WW per year worked.
  • For subsequent years: 0.5 month WW per year worked.
  • The maximum duration is 24 months.

Example:
Have you worked for 12 years and meet the years requirement? Then you will receive 10 months WW for the first 10 years, plus 1 month (2 × 0.5 months) for the additional years. So a total of 11 months WW. This applies provided you have thus worked for 4 years in the last 5 years.