How unemployment benefit works with Factofly

Factofly gives you the freedom to pursue new opportunities, while at the same time you can keep your unemployment benefit.

Status of unemployment benefits and decision from the Danish Appeals Board

In the spring of 2025, the Danish Social Appeals Board made a decision in a specific case where work performed via Factofly was not approved as a basis for earning unemployment benefit. The decision is based on the specific circumstances of the individual case and does not apply generally to everyone who works through Factofly.

We would like to emphasize that we have many different types of employment at Factofly, and it will therefore always depend on an individual assessment by your unemployment insurance fund whether the work counts towards your unemployment benefit. Therefore, we recommend that you contact your own unemployment insurance fund., if you are in doubt about how your employment will be assessed.

Together with several unemployment insurance funds and organizations, we believe that the decision is wrong. The case has therefore been forwarded to the Parliamentary Ombudsman, and we await a statement. Until then, the unemployment insurance funds are obliged to follow the Danish National Appeals Board's line in similar cases - even if they disagree with it.

You can still use Factofly even if you are on unemployment benefits.

It is still possible to use Factofly while you are on unemployment benefits. In that case, you will only be deducted from unemployment benefits for the hours you work – just like with other forms of part-time work. It just requires that you register your working hours correctly with the unemployment insurance fund.

We are following developments closely and will update you regularly when there is new information. If you have any questions or need advice regarding your unemployment insurance fund, you are very welcome to contact us.

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Compatible with your daily allowance

Factofly is compatible with the vast majority of A-banks, and means that you can be paid for your work with full rights to your unemployment benefits.

Through Factofly you also get an employment contract for your freelance tasks. Your hours and income are reported to SKAT, where your A-kasse automatically pulls your information through.

Some unemployment insurance funds currently treat work through Factofly differently, so check with your unemployment insurance fund before you start working.

A better alternative to receiving unemployment benefits with your own CVR no.

When you freelancer with own CVR number, your unemployment benefit is shortened to 30 weeks with supplementary unemployment benefit.

At Factofly, you will be a project employee.

And because you do not have a CVR number with us, you can keep your regular unemployment benefit of 104 weeks, and only use your supplementary weeks where you are active.

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Earning the right to unemployment benefit with Factofly

Extension and accrual of the right to daily allowance

As previously written, unemployment insurance funds currently treat work through Factofly differently. Therefore, check with your unemployment insurance fund before you start working.

The number of hours you work through Factofly can count towards the total number of hours for earning and extending benefits from your unemployment insurance fund.

Supplementary unemployment benefits

When you work part-time (i.e. between 1 and 36 hours in a week), you generally use 1 of your 30 weeks of supplementary unemployment benefit.

You can have up to 145.6 hours per month, corresponding to an average of 33.6 hours per week, and still receive supplementary unemployment benefit.

From Factofly's side, we use the start and end date you specify in your assignment together with the total number of hours in your employment contract. You submit this as documentation to your A-kasse.

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Offsetting in your benefit

By freelancing under Factofly, we make sure you stay minus the actual number of hours you work.

When you create a task with us, you specify the actual number of hours your work task will last. We state this number of hours in your employment contract, which you send to the unemployment fund. It will be the number of hours that you will be drawn - and not an approximate number based on a-kassen's conversion rate.

Per diem as a freelancer

It is not always easy to find your way around your rights to support as a freelancer, and it can often put a damper on your dreams of a freer working life.

A large part of Factofly's users have been in contact with the a-kasse system at one time or another. We therefore have very good experience in helping you get the financial support you are entitled to, while also allowing you to pursue the career of your dreams.

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