AMOUNT OF ADJUSTED ALLOWANCE
All earned income affects the amount of the earnings-related unemployment benefit. Approximately half of your gross income reduces the amount of the adjusted unemployment benefit.
Example of adjusted unemployment benefit
Your full earnings-related unemployment benefit is 50 euros per day. You start part-time work and earn a salary of 1000 euros per month. Since the salary is paid monthly, the application period is a calendar month. Approximately half of your gross salary affects the amount of your unemployment benefit: 1000 x 0.5 = 500. This 500 euros is divided by 21.5, which is the calculated number of working days in a month. This gives the amount that reduces your full unemployment benefit: 23.26 euros per day. Therefore, your adjusted unemployment benefit is 50 - 23.26 = 26.74 euros per day, and it is paid for each working day during the adjustment period.
If your earnings during the application period are below the exempt amount, they do not affect your allowance.
Adjusted earnings-related allowance has a maximum amount. Your wages and the adjusted allowance cannot exceed the earnings used as the basis for your allowance.
Earnings from full-time work lasting longer than two weeks cannot be adjusted.
Income earned during a restriction (such as waiting period or sickness allowance from Kela) are also excluded from adjusted allowance.
You can check the amount of adjusted allowance you could receive with the earnings-related allowance calculator.