Unemployment benefits and basic income support

Processing your orders viathrough Smart is alsogenerally possible to a limited extent if you arewhile receiving unemployment benefitbenefits at(ALG the same time.I). However, you must comply with the rules regarding permittedadditional income and working hours.

If you receive unemployment benefits, your secondary activity must comprise less than 15 hours per week. As soon as you work 15 hours or more per week, you are generally no longer considered unemployed and are therefore no longer entitled to unemployment benefits.

You must also notify the Federal Employment Agency before or at the latest when starting any secondary activity. Any changes to your working hours or additional income must also be takenreported.

For account.ALG IfI, youthere regularlyis workgenerally morean thanincome 15allowance hoursof a€165 week,per youmonth canfor noadditional longerincome. receiveFor basic income support (Grundsicherung), the allowance is €100 per month. Additional income up to these amounts is generally not deducted from your unemployment benefits. AgenturIf füryour Arbeitadditional hasincome summarizedexceeds importantthe allowance, your unemployment benefits may be reduced accordingly. Under certain conditions, a higher allowance may apply. You can find further information in athe information leaflet provided by the Federal Employment Agency..

At Smart, you can earn EUR 165 from a mini-job without having your ALG1 reduced, or EUR 100 if you receive Bürgergeld. 

Do you have an order that exceeds the maximumthe allowedapplicable amount?allowance? Then youYou can deregister fromwith the AgenturFederal fürEmployment ArbeitAgency for thethis duration of the execution of the projectperiod and be employed by Smart with a higher salarysalary. forIn thissome period.scenarios It is also possible that you willyou'll still receive unemployment benefit,benefits, but yourthey social benefit willcould be reduced. You always have to inform Agentur für Arbeit about any additional income.

If you receiveare receiving unemployment benefits at the same time, your budget must always be paid out accordingly, i.e. you areshould not allowed to 'bunker'“stockpile” your budget andby billissuing higher,higher butinvoices while paying yourself only have a mini-joblower paidamount outas salary.

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Youfor shouldunemployment benefits or basic income support (Grundsicherung), please inform us as soon as you receive ALG I or Bürgergeld.immediately. We can then arrange a consultation with you if necessary.

If you have been employed for at least 12 months induring the last 530 years,months, you canmay applybe eligible for unemployment benefits (ALG I).
Unemployment

If isyou notknow automatic afterthat your contractemployment ends.will Youend, shouldyou must register inas persona jobseeker (arbeitssuchend) with the Federal Employment Agency at the Arbeitsagenturleast 3 months before your employment ends. If you only learn about the end of your employment later, you must register within 3 days. A late jobseeker registration can result in a suspension of unemployment benefits (Sperrzeit).

You must also register as unemployed (arbeitslos) no later than your first day without employment. You can register up to 3 months in advance. If you register late, unemployment benefits can generally only be paid from the date of registration. See the website of the Arbeitsagentur for more information.

After you end your employment with Smart andends, registeryou asmust unemployed,request wethe electronic transmission of your employment certificate (Arbeitsbescheinigung) from us. We will then send the certificate of employmentit to the employmentFederal agency.

Please always actively inform us that you need the certificate of employment (Arbeitsbescheinigung).Agency.