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The income based benefit is available only to those who have been members of an unemployment insurance fund for at least 12 months. The income based benefit is determined by both the number of hours worked and the wages paid in previous employment.
The levels of benefit payment are as follows:
- For days 1-100, you can receive a maximum of SEK 1200 per benefit day
A maximum of 80 % of your earlier income.
- For days 101-200, you can receive a maximum of SEK 1000 per benefit day
A maximum of 80 % of your earlier income.
- For days 201-300, you can receive a maximum of SEK 1000 per benefit day
70 % of your previous income.
If you have a child/children under 18 years of age you can receive this amount until day 450.
Temporary rules within the unemployment insurance
According to temporary rules, the levels of benefit mentioned above apply between 13th April 2020 - December 2022.