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# Losing your job and looking for a new job

If you lose your job, you are bound to have lots of questions. Am I entitled to unemployment benefit? Where do I have to register? How am I insured? Where can I find help with looking for a job? You can find information and support relating to unemployment and job-seeking here.

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If you want to learn the German language and find your way around independently in everyday life, you can take part in an integration course under certain conditions.

If your training or employment relationship ends, you must register as a jobseeker at least 3 months in advance.

If you are looking for or starting a new job or training program, you can, for example, have your expenses for application documents or for travel to an interview reimbursed by your employment agency.

If there are any changes in your personal situation during your unemployment, you must report them to the Federal Employment Agency.

If your company employs severely disabled persons or persons with equivalent disabilities who work less than 18 hours per week, you can have them credited to a compulsory job under certain conditions.

If your company employs severely disabled persons or persons with equivalent disabilities, you can have them credited for more than 1 compulsory job under certain conditions.

If you are not compulsorily insured under the unemployment insurance scheme, you may apply for insurance on a voluntary basis under certain conditions.
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