Who pays the social security contributions during unemployment?

Anyone receiving unemployment benefit is compulsorily insured in the statutory health and nursing care insurance. The contributions are paid in full by the Employment Agency. The insurance is taken out with the health insurance company, which was also responsible until unemployment occurred.

Contributions to private health insurance are paid by the employment agency only up to the amount of the lump-sum contributions of the statutory health and nursing care insurance.

Those who were employed in the last year before unemployment and were subject to compulsory pension insurance are also compulsorily insured as recipients of unemployment benefit. Here too, the employment agency pays the contributions.

The Employment Agency reports to the pension insurance institution not only the times of receipt of benefits, but also the time when you are unemployed but do not receive any benefits. This time can also be recognised as a qualifying period for the pension insurance under certain conditions.

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