Citizen in Denmark - Ny i Danmark

If you becomeunemployedEMPLOYMENTContract of employmentWhen you are hired, you will receive a contract of employment.This contains information about the most importantterms and conditions of employment. These might be:• Job description• Salary and working hours• Holidays• Work times• Period of noticeUnemployment insuranceWhen you start working, it is a good idea to join an unemploymentfund*, a so-called a-kasse. This enables you to gethelp and financial assistance, unemployment benefit*, if youbecome unemployed. Unemployment fund contributionsare tax deductible.As an unemployed person, you must fulfil certain conditionsto qualify for unemployment benefit. You must have beena member of an unemployment fund for one year and hada certain amount of work. Your unemployment fund mustinform you about the exact details.Apply to the job centreIf you lose your job, you must apply to the job centre in yourmunicipal authority on the first day of being out of work.Here, you will be registered as a job applicant. If you are amember of an unemployment fund, you will be given abenefit card which you will need to claim unemploymentbenefit from your unemployment fund.If you are not a member of an unemployment fund, youmay qualify for cash benefit or start aid. You are entitled tocash benefit if you have resided in Denmark in seven outof the last eight years. If you have not, and are unable toprovide for yourself, you will receive start aid. Start aid is lessthan cash benefit.102Looking for workAs quickly as possible, and no later than one month afterbecoming unemployed, you must prepare a CV outliningyour educational qualifications, professional experience,personal interests and skills. Your CV will be placed in thejob centre’s national database, jobbanken, at www.jobnet.dk.You must prepare your own CV and are responsible for theinformation it contains. But your job centre or unemploymentfund can offer advice and help you to prepare it.