Decision from the employment agency: calculate the objection deadline
The employment agency decides on unemployment benefit: grant, amount, suspension, cancellation or repayment.
How to recognise the letter
- The sender is the Agentur für Arbeit (not the Jobcenter).
- It is about unemployment benefit: grant, suspension (Sperrzeit), cancellation, repayment.
- At the end, the instructions on legal remedies: objection within one month.
Which deadline applies?
Objection (Widerspruch): one month after notification (§ 84 Abs. 1 S. 1 SGG). If the end falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the deadline ends on the next working day (§ 64 Abs. 3 SGG). The calculator on this page works out the exact day – step by step.
Employment promotion belongs to the social courts (§ 51 Abs. 1 Nr. 4 SGG).
What happens if you do nothing?
Once the objection period has passed, the decision becomes final – a suspension or repayment then applies.
Your options
- Compare the calculation with your employment certificates
- Object (Widerspruch) – reasons can follow later
- With a suspension: document the reasons for leaving your job
- Advice: unemployment advice centre, trade union
Who can help?
Unemployment advice centre, trade union, VdK
Frequently asked questions
Employment agency or Jobcenter – what's the difference?
The employment agency pays unemployment benefit from the insurance; the Jobcenter pays Bürgergeld. The objection deadline is one month for both.
How much time do I have?
One month after notification (§ 84 Abs. 1 S. 1 SGG). If the end falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the deadline ends on the next working day (§ 64 Abs. 3 SGG). The calculator above shows the exact day with every step.
Who can help me?
Unemployment advice centre, trade union, VdK.
General information, not legal advice. Whether this decision is correct and what is right in your case is for an advice centre or a lawyer to say. Laws link to the official German text at gesetze-im-internet.de.