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When you receive benefits

If you become unemployed, you can apply for unemployment benefits from us. We pay out basic benefits and income based benefits to our members. Unlike other unemployment insurance funds, we also pay out basic benefits to those who are not members of Alfa-kassan or any other unemployment insurance funds. If you have not worked at all you are not eligible for benefits. Apply for benefits via Mina sidor.

The basic benefit

You can receive the basic benefit if you

fulfill the basic condition and the work requirement
have turned 20 years old, if you are not 20 years old, you cannot receive the basic benefit
are not a member, or if you have been a member for less than 12 months.

The basic benefit is based on the number of hours you have worked. The maximum payment is SEK 510 per day. If you are not a member you pay an administration fee of SEK 7 for each day you receive benefits.

The income based benefit

You can receive the income based benefit if you

if you are a member of Alfa-kassan and have been one for 12 consecutive months or longer, membership in another unemployment insurance fund can be counted as well
fulfill the basic condition
fulfill the work requirement during your membership.

The income based benefit is based on the number of hours you have worked and your previous income. The income based benefit is a maximum of SEK 1 200 per day and is paid as follows:

Day 1-100: you can receive a maximum of 80% of your previous income, up to a maximum of SEK 1 200 per day of payment.
Day 101-200: you can receive a maximum of 80% of your previous income, up to a maximum of SEK 1 000 per day of payment.
Day 201-300: you can receive a maximum of 70% of your previous income, up to a maximum of SEK 1 000 per day of payment. If you have a child or children under 18 years of age you can receive this amount until day 450

How long can I receive benefits?

You can receive benefits for 300 benefits days, for a maximum of 5 days a week. If you have children under the age of 18, you will automatically receive an additional 150 days when your 300 days have been used.

Every period of benefits begins with 2 qualifying days (karensdagar). These are days for which you do not receive benefits and are not deducted from your 300 days of benefits.

When you have circa 70 benefits days left we check if you have met a new work requirement. If you have done so, you may be eligible for a new benefit period.

Good to know about the benefit

You can receive benefits until the end of the month before your 66th birthday. For example, if your 66th birthday is in June, you will receive benefits until 31 May.
If you particiapte in a programme through the Swedish Public Employment Service, you must apply for activity grant from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.
The benefit is taxable and counts as pensionable income.
The government decides how much you get from the unemployment insurance funds and all unemployment insurance funds follow the same laws and rules.