They will demand back the unemployment money for that day + health insurance contributions. You will get information on how to pay and how much in a separate letter.
I went unemployed last November. Got another job where my first working day was on January 2 but the contract started on January 1 but mistakenly told the unemployment agency I was unemployed until January 2. To add insult to injury I just now saw the letter. I tried translating the letter with google translate and chatgpt but I can’t make sense of it, how can I pay back the owed amount?
You reply to that letter and tell the facts as you told them here. They are then gonna decide that you have to pay back what you received too much. Shouldn’t be more than 100 euros. Then the “case” is closed and everybody’s happy.
Yeah, you’ll have to pay back the amount they overpaid you. Even if it was their mistake. My mom had a similar issue, but had to pay back a years worth of money she got. She even told them at the beginning, that she thought she recieved too much, but they said, “Nah, it’s correct”.
Same thing happened to me. Because it was only one day. They pardoned me.
Because this is something the government administration *plans* to do, and it has a negative consequence for you, they are legally obliged to give you a chance to make a personal statement. (§24 SGB X) They may or may not consider that statement in their final ruling. You don’t have to answer if you do not feel the need to.
Definitely tell them your new address.
You will soon receive a second letter telling you to transfer a certain amount of money to the government account with a specific reference number. It will have a detailed breakdown of costs for insurance etc.
Edit: They even state that they’re only considering doing that, so you might not even need to pay it back.
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They ask you to give a statement until 5. April.
They will demand back the unemployment money for that day + health insurance contributions. You will get information on how to pay and how much in a separate letter.
I went unemployed last November. Got another job where my first working day was on January 2 but the contract started on January 1 but mistakenly told the unemployment agency I was unemployed until January 2. To add insult to injury I just now saw the letter. I tried translating the letter with google translate and chatgpt but I can’t make sense of it, how can I pay back the owed amount?
You reply to that letter and tell the facts as you told them here. They are then gonna decide that you have to pay back what you received too much. Shouldn’t be more than 100 euros. Then the “case” is closed and everybody’s happy.
Yeah, you’ll have to pay back the amount they overpaid you. Even if it was their mistake. My mom had a similar issue, but had to pay back a years worth of money she got. She even told them at the beginning, that she thought she recieved too much, but they said, “Nah, it’s correct”.
Same thing happened to me. Because it was only one day. They pardoned me.
Because this is something the government administration *plans* to do, and it has a negative consequence for you, they are legally obliged to give you a chance to make a personal statement. (§24 SGB X) They may or may not consider that statement in their final ruling. You don’t have to answer if you do not feel the need to.
Definitely tell them your new address.
You will soon receive a second letter telling you to transfer a certain amount of money to the government account with a specific reference number. It will have a detailed breakdown of costs for insurance etc.
Edit: They even state that they’re only considering doing that, so you might not even need to pay it back.