If you continue your student job after completing your studies or get a part-time job
As a new graduate, you may continue your student job even if you apply for benefits.
If you would like to do so, you must submit a copy of your contract and have your employer sign a release certificate.
We must receive the release certificate no later than 5 weeks after the first day on which you are entitled to unemployment benefits.
If you have a part-time job and your contract does not include a termination notice, you will not need to submit a release certificate. Instead, you must submit a copy of your contract. If you do not have a contract, you must complete the form Disclosure of activity as an employee together with your employer.
The general rule is that if you resign from your job, you will receive a quarantine period, meaning you will not be eligible for unemployment benefits for the first 111 hours of your unemployment. This corresponds to three weeks of full-time work.
The quarantine period can only be served during a period in which you are entitled to unemployment benefits. Periods where, for example, you are not registered as unemployed on jobnet.dk, are on holiday, or for other reasons are not actively seeking work, do not count.
If you are not entitled to unemployment benefits at the time you resign from your student job and later apply for benefits as a recent graduate, you may, in some cases, avoid quarantine. However, it is crucial that you resign and leave your position no later than the day before you complete your education. If you do so later, you will receive a quarantine period.