Secure Your Income with PDA

PDA provides salary insurance when your unemployment benefits fall short.

• Automatically enrolled
• Eligible for up to DKK 13,468 per month before tax
• Able to boost your coverage further with additional salary insurance via Akademikernes A-kasse (AKA)

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Read more about unemployment benefits

Who can get support from PDA?

You qualify for salary insurance through PDA if you:

• Have been a member for 24 months
• Or for 12 months if you joined after finishing your studies
• Have 12 months of relevant professional work experience
• Were laid off or completed a temporary contract
  
• Are actively seeking employment and available for work

You are not eligible if you resigned voluntarily or receive state pension.

Conditions for receiving PDA

• On your first day of unemployment, you must have been an active member of the association for two years (24 months)
• If you have been a member since graduation, you are eligible after one year

• Within this two-year period (or one year if you joined after graduation), you must:

  • Have had 12 months of relevant professional employment, and

  • Have paid full membership fees during those 12 months

• You are not eligible for PDA support if you qualify for the state retirement pension. You must be:

  • Dismissed from your job, or

  • Have held a fixed-term position (a fixed-term position means employment with a defined end date from the start)

  • If you have held a PhD fellowship, you can receive PDA support after submitting your thesis and your contract has ended

   

• During the support period, you must be available to the labor market and actively seeking employment. Please note: 

  • PDA rules do not follow those of state-recognized unemployment insurance funds

  • For example, you will not receive support if you resign voluntarily

  • Therefore, always contact the association’s secretariat before resigning from your position.

How your salary insurance is calculated:

Your PDA salary insurance is based on:

• Your average salary from the 3 months before unemployment
• Minus 8% labor market contribution (AM-bidrag)

You can receive up to:

• 85% of your previous income covered (including unemployment benefits)
• A maximum of DKK 13,468/month from PDA

PDA is governed by different rules than unemployment insurance funds (a-kasser). Always contact us before you resign.