You lost employment abroad? You can apply for this benefit – Official Polish

- Most people collected benefits after working in the Netherlands, Germany and the UK – says Katarzyna Nyklewicz, Manager of the Promotion and Information Regional Labour Office in Cracow and informs, as in the case of job loss abroad to apply for unemployment benefits.

The provisions on the coordination of social security systems are effective from Polish entry into the European Union. In case of loss of employment abroad should still before returning to the Polish apply for benefits in the country in which it is working.

However, in order to acquire entitlement to benefits must have been in the country corresponding period. The EU co-ordination of the social security system covers the countries of the European Union, European Economic Area and Switzerland.

The Poles, who lost their jobs in one of these countries and have acquired in the country the right to unemployment benefits, deciding to return to their homeland, can take advantage of the so-called. benefit transfer to Polish. This means that the foreign institution will pay benefits while looking for work in Poland for a period of 3 to 6 months and in the amount fixed by the. To do this, be sure to document U2.

To get to be in the country in which they worked, register with the competent authority for. Unemployment and get right to the allowance, to remain at the disposal of the office for four weeks and submit a request for a document U2 in connection with the intention of returning to their homeland and the search for work in Poland. Upon arrival to the Polish registration is required at the district labor office – up to 7 days from the date of departure from the country which granted the benefit.

If a person does not meet the conditions for receipt of unemployment benefit in the country where you last worked or conducted business activity, after returning to the Polish right to unemployment benefits (of allocating periods of employment abroad) will be determined on the basis of the Polish legislation by the Regional Labour Office in Cracow, where: the last period of insurance the employee was in Polish; the last period of insurance was not in Poland, but the place of residence when working abroad was in Poland (art. 11 of the Regulation 987/2009 – for determining the place of residence).

To get the benefit in Poland must register as unemployed in district labor office competent for the place of residence (permanent or temporary), fill out an application to establish the right to benefit and submit the document U1 confirming employment in countries EU / EEA or Switzerland. U1 is the only official document confirming the period of employment, insurance and business abroad. The request for the issue to be submitted at a foreign institution in. Unemployment even before returning to Polish. A set of documents will make a decision by the Regional Labour Office in Cracow within a month.

If someone forgets to U1, then WUP same occurs for the issue of this document. However, it takes much longer – the estimated time of waiting for the document U1 with foreign institutions is for 3-6 months.

And one more important thing. Periods of employment or self-employment, indicated in the document U1 by the foreign, they must be recognized in accordance with its national law for insurance periods of unemployment, in order to be counted as the qualifying period for unemployment benefits.

In case of difficulties in obtaining documents from a foreign institution, you can use the Solvit – free system in the Ministry of Development, which mediates in solving the problems of public administration in another Member State, arising from incorrect application of EU law. SOLVIT helps both workers and businesses. URL: http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/index_pl.htm.