What if unemployed? Any benefits?

Visas, Permits, Passports and Naturalization
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No unemployment benefits beyond age 65 for men.

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The RAV officers are professionally networked with the agencies and HR departments. Switzerland is a small country and everybody knows everybody.

No CEO would dream of going to the RAV. The benefits are capped at 70% or 80% of maximum ca 9k. Also CEO's walk off with large severance compensation, which must be used up before unemployment benefits are entitled.

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Hello,

Reusing this thread.

My situation: I worked 5 years in the UK then was out 1 year without a job.

Landed a job here in Zürich in June 2010 and it looks like my team will get axed.

Speaking with the big boss, he suggested I looked externally.

Hence I think I have say 3 months here plus another 3 months notice period.

I read that I need to contribute 12 months in the last 2 years but they can take your contribution from abroad.

I contributed 5.5 years in the last 6.5 years with that year gap.

Am I still entitled to something?

If not, are there some private redundancy insurance? I cannot seem to find them on google.

Thx

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You need to document every effort you made with a detailed description of position, company name and address and the contact person with telephone number and email.

V.

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Does anyone know what the upper limits for RAV payment are?

i.e. they won't pay you 70% of CHF1000000 will they?

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I am currently dealing with the RAV here and they have been very helpful although they dont speak english and as I dont speak german it is a little difficult!

I was only working for 11 months so they can not help me until I get the form from the UK tax office to show tax contributions there and then they may be able to help me. In the meantime I have had to speak to socialhilfe as they may be able to help in the meantime so fingers crossed!

I am actually looking for some help with this at the moment if anyone can speak german and has some free time

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Think the upper limit is 70% (or 80% with children) of 10500 CHF per month

You can play with this presentation here, in German, but page 8 is to calculate

http://www.awa.bs.ch/home-en/arbeitsloswastun-preas.htm reachable from http://www.awa.bs.ch/unemployed