The ministry of employment decided that from the 1st May of 2023 the following rules will apply:
- The maximum period of benefits for graduates will change from two to one year. This applies to graduates who become eligible for unemployment benefits from May 1st 2023.
- All graduates must possess a level of Danish equal to Dansk 2 in order to receive unemployment benefits. An exception can be made for the students that worked 600 hours full time or 400 hours part time in the last 12 months before graduating.
- After the first three months of unemployment, the monthly income will be lowered if you don’t have children. If you are under 30 years old, it goes down to 9700 DKK. If you are over 30 years old, it goes down to 12,253 DKK. This rule also applies retroactively to unemployed graduates from before the 1st of May 2023.
- If you lose your job after the 1st of May 2023, you can receive a higher income from your unemployment benefits for the first three months, if: you have been a member of an A-kasse for 4 years; you have worked full time 2 years out of the last three; had a monthly salary of over 25,000 DKK.
