Surplus work hours definition

Surplus work hours simply means that you have worked for more hours than the standard Danish full-time work week (37 hours). Surplus hours will have to be offset by a similar deduc- tion from your benefit hours. A deduction could happen both during your first weeks of benefits after registering as unem- ployed or if you once in a while have more than 37 hours of weekly work during your unemployment period. However, if surplus hours are not deducted within five weeks, they are considered out-dated and are therefore discarded.
Surplus work hours simply means that you have worked for more hours than the standard Danish full-time work week (37 hours). Surplus hours will have to be offset by a similar deduc- tion from your benefit hours. A deduction could happen both during your first weeks of benefits after registering as unem-