This article is written according to the legal status current as of: 2024-01-12
A jobseeker may lose the status if you:
- fail to appear in the labour office for a compulsory appointment and do not justify the absence within 7 days,
- refuse without a justified reason to participate in a vocational training for adults or refuse to undergo your individual action plan or interrupt participation in the individual action plan, training course, postgraduate studies or special programme or do not take an exam in order to obtain a certificate, diploma, vocational qualifications or titles or licences whose costs were covered from the Labour Fund by the labour office upon your written request,
- decide to resign from the status yourself,
- fail to appear in the labour office at least once every 90 days in order to confirm that you are interested in the measures of support offered the office offers,
- received in Poland an unemployment benefit transferred from other EU or EFTA member state or Switzerland and left the territory of the Republic of Poland or the competent institution of that country withdrew your benefit.
How long will you stay without the status of a job seeker?
You will lose the job seeker status for the period of 120 days, unless you decide to resign from the status yourself. In this particular case you may return to the register even on the following day.
However, if you fail to complete the vocational training for adults or do not take the examination after its completion, you will lose the status for the period of 6 months.
When exactly will you lose the status?
You will lose the status respectively:
- after 90 days since your last appearance in the district labour office,
- on the day when you fail to appear in the district labour office,
- on the day following the day of refusal to undertake or day of interruption of your individual action plan, training course, postgraduate studies, participation in a special programme or day of examination that you did not take and whose costs were covered by the labour office.
How can you acquire back the status of the job seeker?
After the period of 120 days (or 6 months) you can register at the district labour office again.
Useful information
You must not submit you resignation from the aid offered by the labour office after issuing an assignment for an individual action plan, training course, post-graduate studies, participation in vocational training for adults or special programme.
Legal basis
Act of 20 April 2004 on employment promotion and labour market institutions (Article 33)
Development: Editorial team of Zielona Linia
