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The €300 standard entitlement on work income is being abolished, and, going forward, the daily allowance of even small income earners will be adjusted
The daily allowance of people who receive unemployment allowance and earn an income (e.g., wages from part-time work, earnings from entrepreneurship, attendance fees) will be adjusted going forward. This means that any income you earn will affect the amount of daily allowance you receive.
Child increases and standard entitlement will be abolished on April 1, 2024
At the beginning of April, two legislative changes that affect the amount of earnings-related allowance will come into effect. One of the changes affects recipients of the daily allowance who have children, and the other affects recipients of the daily allowance who also receive earned income alongside the allowance.
Are you wondering whether you will get compensation during a strike?
KOKO’s customer service is currently handling matters related to the strike. Here are the answers to the most frequently asked questions regarding the topic:
Am I entitled to a daily allowance during the strike?If you are prevented from working because of a strike,
The payment of child increases will end at the beginning of April
Due to the legislative amendment, child increments will no longer be paid for unemployment or lay-off days as of 1 April 2024. Until the end of March, the amount of the child increment is EUR 130–240 per month, depending on the number of children.
Employment rate of KOKO members weakened in 2023
The employment rate of KOKO members weakened during 2023. During the year, the fund received a total of 102 503 earnings-related daily allowance applications, which is 12% more than in 2022, when 91 589 applications were received. A total of 14 336 first applications were received (2022: 8 278).
Temporary delays in the processing of daily allowance applications
The processing of daily allowance applications is currently experiencing delays due to the high volume of submissions, which may result in longer processing times for receiving your daily allowance.
If you have not yet received your daily allowance,
The waiting period is now seven days — holiday compensation will be periodised
At the beginning of the year, two changes to unemployment security came into force; as a result, the right to earnings-related unemployment allowance begins later than before. If you have just become unemployed, or are about to become unemployed or laid off, here is what you need to know...
Current issues concerning tax cards
The unemployment funds get the information on the new salary tax cards (valid from 1.2.) directly from the tax administration. However, we recommend you to get a revised tax card for benefits. For allowances paid in January, we apply your tax rate from the previous year, unless you send...
eService will be offline 21 December 2023 – 1 January 2024 due to the merger of the ETTK fund with KOKO
KOKO’s eService will be offline from 21 December 2023 to 1 January 2024, during which KOKO will be unable to accept daily allowance applications. The eService outage is due to work being done on systems as part of the merger of the two funds.
According to the draft government proposal, job alternation leave could still be started in July
A legislative amendment to abolish job alternation leave is being prepared by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. According to the draft government proposal published on Tuesday, 12 December., the law would enter into force so that job alternation leave could still begin on 31 July 2024.
Parliament has approved changes to unemployment security
Parliament has approved the Government's proposal to amend the Unemployment Security Act. As a result of the amendment, the waiting period for unemployment security will be extended, holiday compensation will postpone the payment of unemployment allowance, child increases and the standard entitlement for earned income will be abolished, the...