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In addition to their grief, the relatives of the deceased are often left with many practical matters to handle. We have compiled some advice here on how to finalize matters related to unemployment insurance.
Here’s what to do:
Agree with the estate who will handle matters with the unemployment fund.
Notify us of the death. We will terminate the membership and can also check if any matters are pending.
You can rest assured. We’ll advise you if, for example, you can still apply for daily benefits or if there are any pending recovery or appeal matters.
Termination of Membership and Membership Fee Matters
We update our members’ address information annually. In doing so, we receive notification of a member’s death through the population register, at which point we can terminate their membership and will no longer send membership fee invoices.
However, it is possible that we may not receive notification of a member’s death until after the membership fee invoice has been sent. As a family member, you can contact us to report this, and we will make the necessary changes to the membership fee invoice.
Paying the membership fee may affect pending earnings-related allowance matters. We will review the situation and advise you on how to proceed if there are any pending matters.
Unresolved Earnings-Related Allowance Matters
An applicant may be entitled to earnings-related daily allowance up until the date of death. The estate may apply for earnings-related daily allowance in the deceased’s name for the period preceding the death.
It is possible that we may need to recover overpaid benefits after the person has already passed away. An appeal may also have been left unresolved. Once the appeal is resolved, it may result in an additional payment or recovery of overpaid benefits. We will contact you regarding these matters.
Who can handle the deceased’s unemployment benefits?
After a person’s death, the right to speak on their behalf is generally exercised by the beneficiaries of the estate. By law, the beneficiaries of the estate are the heirs, the recipients of a general will, and the spouse. A cohabiting partner is not a beneficiary of the estate unless they are also a recipient of a general will.
A beneficiary of the estate may act on behalf of the estate in matters related to unemployment security and may therefore apply for unemployment benefits and, for example, appeal a decision made by the unemployment fund. When you contact us regarding these matters, we must verify that the person acting on behalf of the estate is indeed a beneficiary of the estate. However, we avoid unnecessary bureaucracy.
If necessary, you can request confirmation of the beneficiary information from the estate inventory from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency for the administration of the estate. Confirming the beneficiary information in the estate inventory can demonstrate beneficiary status. Heir status can also be determined, for example, from population register data, official certificates, or other reliable genealogical records.
We can only pay benefits to an account in the name of the estate or the deceased.
If the court has appointed an estate administrator for the estate, they have the right to speak on behalf of the estate by law. The estate administrator is therefore entitled, by virtue of their position, to apply for earnings-related daily allowance on behalf of the estate or, for example, to appeal a decision we have made. The estate administrator can demonstrate their authority with a court order. Even if the estate is under the estate administrator’s control, the benefit can still only be paid into an account in the name of the estate or the deceased.
