A change in your personal circumstances may affect your eligibility for unemployment benefits. Depending on the circumstances, you may receive less or more money. That is why you must immediately report any change in your personal circumstances to the Employment Agency responsible for you. These notifications are important to ensure that you receive the correct amount of benefits to which you are entitled.

In particular, you must report if you:

• are going away for an extended period
• move
• take on a part-time job (including volunteer work)
• start a job
• return to school
• begin an apprenticeship or a degree program
• start a business
• Go on maternity leave or parental leave
• receive a retirement pension
• receive a disability pension
• do an internship, volunteer work, or military training
• have changed your name or marital status
• become ill or have recovered from an illness
• change your tax bracket
• have another reason for deregistration

In some cases, you should contact your local Employment Agency before your personal situation changes. For example, if you take on a part-time job: Income from the part-time job may affect your unemployment benefits.

The obligation to report changes also applies to changes that may have a retroactive effect on your benefits. This is the case, for example, if you are retroactively granted a pension.

If you receive supplemental basic income support in addition to unemployment benefits, you must notify the Job Center of this change separately. Please review the information regarding this benefit and use the change notification form if you receive basic income support.