Have you lost your job?

The time right after a termination is usually the hardest. But it is also a time that calls for important clarifications and decisions. Read on here to learn about some of the key matters to pay attention to and the advice and support offered by Finansforbundet in order to help you move on with your career as best as possible.

Er du blevet opsaHave you been terminated or summarily dismissed or have you entered into a severance agreement?gt, bortvist eller har du indgået en fratrædelsesaftale?

As a member of Finansforbundet, you may receive legal advice if you have been terminated. You may contact our lawyers about the following topics:

Whether the reason for your termination is fair
Whether the notice period has been complied with
Your rights under the collective agreement and legislation.

If you are presented with a severance agreement, we recommend you to contact our lawyers or your union representative before signing the agreement as most severance agreements are signed in full and final settlement.

If you have been dismissed summarily, it is vital that you:

Immediately contact your unemployment insurance fund
Immediately object to the dismissal to your employer
Involve your union representative, the local branch or Finansforbundet, who will be able to help you submit a claim for damages in terms of pay and holiday pay and any compensation in the event of unfair dismissal.

A mandatory deadline of four weeks applies from your receipt of a notice of termination or a summary dismissal to your submission of a potential claim, for example, a claim for compensation for unfair dismissal, against the company. Therefore, please contact our lawyers or your local branch in due time for us to make a legal assessment of your case.

We provide legal advice
Tel.: +45 32 66 13 30
Monday to Thursday: 8:30-16:00
Friday: 8:30-15:00
Write to us at jura@finansforbundet.dk

If special challenges are linked to your termination, such as illness or maternity/paternity leave, you may ask Finansforbundet's social workers for advice.

They will be able to advise you on the following topics:

Your position if you are terminated during absence due to illness
Your opportunities and obligations as a non-employed flex-job worker
When severance pay will be set off against public benefits
Your possibilities of maternity/paternity leave in a notice period

You may contact Finansforbundet's social worker at telephone
+45 32 96 46 00 or by email at post@finansforbundet.dk.

Have you been released from your duties?

If you have been released from your duty to work, it means that you will be paid but do not have to work. In addition, you must be loyal to your employer and not take up a job with a competing business.

But there are also other legal elements you should pay attention to:

Duty of loss minimisation: When released from your duties, you are under an obligation to limit the loss of your employer by attempting to find a new job against which your employer may set off your pay.
Employers' right of set-off: If you receive pay from a new employer, your previous employer will be entitled to limit the payment of salary to you unless he/she has waived this right.
Counter notice of termination: If you intend to accept a job with a competing business in the notice period and have not been allowed to do so, you must terminate your employment contract yourself by giving counter notice. Please note that, by giving counter notice, you may risk losing your right to for example severance pay because you might not achieve the length of service required to receive such severance pay.

We provide legal advice
Tel.: +45 32 66 13 30
Monday to Thursday: 8:30-16:00
Friday: 8:30-15:00
Write to us at jura@finansforbundet.dk

The unemployment insurance fund may advise you on the following topics
Many questions may arise in connection with a termination of employment. Some of these questions can be answered by Finansforbundet's unemployment insurance fund consultant from A&TIL. You may receive advice on the following topics:

When and how to report that you have become unemployed
Whether your severance pay will be set off against your unemployment benefits or early retirement benefits
Whether you will be quarantined
Salary protection insurance from A&TIL
A&TIL discounts and events
Training opportunities while on unemployment benefits
Rules on unemployment and early retirement benefits

If, in your notice period, you plan to start studying or attend a course that continues after expiry of the notice period, it is important that you contact the unemployment insurance fund consultant. Some of the reasons are that limitations apply to the type of courses you may take up while on unemployment benefits. As a result, clarification in this respect is essential before enrolling.

Contact Finansforbundet’s unemployment insurance fund consultant:
Susanne Ilsøe, si@finansforbundet.dk, 32661450

How to move on

Finansforbundet's career consultants are ready to help you get a new job after your termination. If you have been offered an outplacement programme, we recommend that you attend this first.

Finansforbundet's career consultants may help you with the following topics:

CVs and job applications
Education/training
Clarification of skills
How to start networking
Independent studies and career-clarifying courses
Skills-enhancing training programme that strengthens your professional skills
Courses in LinkedIn
The job interview
Career ambitions and the path to achieving them

Contact Finansforbundet's career consultants at karriere@finansforbundet.dk, and we will call you as soon as possible.

Have you been terminated or are you unemployed?

Whether you need help to discuss your well-being, your next job or other topics of importance to your current situation or your working life, Finansforbundet’s consultants will give you impartial, individual advice. We may speak over the phone, through Teams or face-to-face, depending on your preferences.

Log in to My union and book an interview:

Make sure to register as unemployed as this will lower your membership fee

If you are out of a job, your membership fee will be reduced from DKK 285 to DKK 170 a month. But only if you are registered correctly in the membership system of Finansforbundet.

Or send us an email at medlem@finansforbundet.dk. If you get a new job, remember to tell us as you might otherwise lose your right to legal assistance.