The employment condition you have accrued remains valid as long as you are not absent from the labour market without an acceptable reason for more than 6 months. If there is a gap of more than 6 months in your availability in the labour market, you will have to accumulate your employment condition from scratch after returning to the labour market.
Being available in the labour market means
- being in employment that meets the employment condition
- participating in employment promotion services
- being registered as an unemployed jobseeker with the employment authority, or
- working as an entrepreneur or being self-employed.
An acceptable reason for being absent from the labour market is, for example, if you are
- a full-time student or on a grant that prevents you from employment
- on maternal, paternal or parental leave
- caring for a child up to 3 years of age at home
- ill or in rehabilitation.
The list is not exhaustive, so please contact the KOKO fund if you are unsure of your own situation.
You should take particular care that your remain on the labour market if you have been paid a financial compensation by your employer on the termination of your employment. Seeking work independently is not an acceptable reason to be outside the labour market.