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> - The applicant must still be able to receive unemployment benefits for at least ninety days at the start of the self employment. does this just mean, you ca
by exit 16y ago
> - The applicant must still be able to receive unemployment benefits for at least ninety days at the start of the self employment.
does this just mean, you can't sign up for this if you are unemployed, and 90 days away from no longer being eligible for unemployment?
- ugh 16y agoAs I understand it that is the case. When the payments from the compulsory unemployment insurance end in less than ninety days you are no longer eligible. You get six months of unemployment benefits from the insurance if you have worked for twelve months, the maximum is a year if you are younger than fifty (just to give you an idea of how long you can expect to get unemployment benefits in Germany).
- exit 16y agook. > - The applicant must be unemployed (he or she can’t switch directly from a job to self-employment). If the applicant quit her or his job they must wait twelve weeks before applying. how does this square with it though? you don't get unemployment payouts if you quit your job, right?
- ugh 16y agoYou do get unemployment payouts in Germany even if you quit your job but only after (usually) twelve weeks. (Those twelve weeks are then also subtracted from the time you would normally receive unemployment benefits. That’s the “punishment” for quitting.) That’s the reason why this provision – also with the twelve weeks – exists. I know next to nothing about social systems in the US which is why I don’t know which are the important differences I should point out :)
- exit 16y agothanks for explaining all of this. just saw this explanation myself in the wiki article and came back to answer my own question - but i read german sloowly. i also know next to nothing about the social systems in the states.