If you have lived or worked in Croatia or another EU country and paid social contributions, the time spent working/in the self-employed activity will be the basis for calculating the entitlements you can claim as an unemployed person.
Unemployment benefits:
In order to be granted the right to an unemployment benefit, upon the termination of employment or the termination of self-employed activity, you must have worked for at least 9 months in the past 24 months. To receive this entitlement in Croatia or another EU country, the time spent working in any other EU country, including Croatia, will be taken into account. In order to receive unemployment benefit, your employment must not have been terminated through fault of your own or voluntarily. You can also receive unemployment benefit if you agreed to terminate your employment at the suggestion of your employer in the case of an employee surplus.
In order to claim unemployment benefit, you have to register with the Croatian Employment Service (HZZ) within 30 days of the date of termination of your employment contract or the termination of self-employed activity and file an application for unemployment benefit. If you were on sick leave, or on maternity, parental, adoptive parent or career’s parent leave when your employment contract was terminated or you stopped being self-employed, you must register with the HZZ within 30 days of the end of the respective leave. If you are enrolled in education or vocational training programs, at the referral of the HZZ, you are entitled to cash assistance. In addition, if you find a job outside your place of permanent residence, you are entitled to one-time cash assistance and reimbursement of travel and relocation expenses. In order to keep your entitlements, you must regularly contact your employment advisor, be actively looking for work, and be available for work.
The amount of the cash benefit depends on the wage you received before your employment was terminated. It is calculated on the basis of the average gross wage you earned over the previous 3 months before your employment contract was terminated/or special insurance base in the previous 3 months, if you are a self-employed person. For the first 90 days of unemployment, the benefit amounts to 60%, and for the remaining period, it is 30% of the calculation base. Both the minimum and maximum amounts of the cash benefit are prescribed by law. You may claim unemployment benefit for a period of between 90 and 450 calendar days. The period depends on the total time you spent working (from 9 months to over 25 years).
Starting the process:
Registering at the Croatian Employment Service:
https://www.hzz.hr/usluge-poslodavci-posloprimci/prijava-u-evidenciju-nezaposlenih-covid19/
Application for unemployment benefits during unemployment:
https://www.hzz.hr/usluge-poslodavci-posloprimci/prijava-u-evidenciju-nezaposlenih-covid19/
Statement on working abroad:
https://www.hzz.hr/usluge-poslodavci-posloprimci/prijava-u-evidenciju-nezaposlenih-covid19/obrasci/
Institution
Croatian Employment Service, Zagreb Regional Office
Ulica kralja Zvonimira 15; Zagreb 10000
Tel: +385 1 46 99 999
E-mail:
mailto:hzz.zagreb@hzz.hr
pisarnica.hzz.zg@hzz.hr
Working hours: 7.30 – 15.30 (Monday-Friday)
The Croatian Employment Service (HZZ) is a public institution owned by the Republic of Croatia established under the Law on the Labor Market („Narodne novine“ br. 118/2018) and it has a key role in managing the supply and demand in the Croatian labor market. The purpose of the Service is to effectively mediate the labor market with the goal of ensuring the necessary workforce, achieving full employment and fulfilling unemployment rights, while promoting partnership relations with stakeholders in the labor market. HZZ is the main stakeholder in the development of the Croatian labor market, particularly in the area of mediation in employment in order to achieve a better balance between supply and demand for achieving full employment.
Info:
HZZ
https://www.hzz.hr/adrese-i-kontakt/regionalni-ured-zagreb.php
