In this step, you are asked to specify if you were absent during the reporting period. If you were present as expected for all employment scheme activities, please answer “no”. If you were absent from or did not complete employment scheme activities, please answer “yes”.

Select a reason for your absence:

• Sick – Please select this one if you were too sick to participate in the employment scheme activity.
• Sick child or child carer – Please select this one if you were unable to participate because your child or your child carer was sick.
• Absence approved by Nav – Please select this one if you were absent from an employment scheme activity and your Nav counsellor has approved your absence.
• Other absence – Please select this one of you were absent for all or part of the day, and Nav has not approved your absence.

In this step, you are asked if you have received pay while participating in an employment scheme. You should only answer “yes” if you have received pay as part of your participation. If so, please specify which days you have received pay for.

Please specify which days you participated in the employment scheme.

In this step, you will see a summary of your answers.

If you receive a notification that you have specified too many or too few days, go back to the step in question and correct your answers. The number of days you specify must match the number of days in your decision.

If you participated in employment scheme activities during the day, but you also have another job at night where you earned pay, you should answer “no” to the question about pay and move on to the next step.

If you participated in employment scheme activities and earned pay for this participation on one or more of the days, you should answer “yes” to the question about pay and specify the day(s) for which you earned pay.

If you were unable to participate in the entire activity because you worked for part of the activity period, you should answer “yes” to the question about absence and select “Other absence”.

If you had a job interview and you cleared this with your Nav counsellor beforehand, you should answer “yes” to the question of absence and select “Absence approved by Nav”.

If you had a job interview, but forgot to clear this with your Nav counsellor beforehand, you should answer “yes” to the question of absence and select “Other absence”. You can submit your employment status form with this option selected. You should then contact your Nav counsellor and ask to have your absence approved. Once your absence has been approved, you can reopen your form and change it. Change your selection for the day in question from “Other absence” to “Absence approved by Nav” and submit your employment status form again.

If you can’t submit the employment status form, you have likely selected too few or too many days on the form. You must select the exact same number of days as the number specified in your decision.

Example 1:
Your decision has granted employment scheme benefits for 5 days per week. You participated in employment scheme activities 4 days one week. This means you need to report your participation on the 4 days you were actually present and select “Other absence” on the day you were absent. In the period the form covers, you must select a total of 10 days.

Example 2:
Your decision has granted employment scheme benefits for 4 days per week, which means you must select a total of 8 days in the period covered by the employment status form.

If your employment scheme has been changed from 4 days per week to 5 days per week, but your decision granting employment scheme benefits has not been updated to reflect this change from 4 days to 5 days per week, you will get an error message when you try to submit your form. If so, you need an updated decision. The easiest way to get one is to contact your Nav counsellor. Once your decision is updated to employment scheme benefits for 5 days per week, your employment status form will also be updated, and it will be possible for you to select 10 days in the period covered by the form.

Please contact Nav if you are having problems filling out and submitting the employment status form.

If you have worked in the 14-day time period the form covers, you must answer “yes” and specify all the hours you worked each day.

If you were absent from the employment scheme because you were working, you must also answer “yes” and tick the boxes for all of the days you were working under “other absence” on question 4.

If you have an agreement with Nav to participate in employment schemes, training, education or other activities, you must answer “yes” and tick the boxes for all the days you participated in the agreed activity.

If you participated in the scheme daily, you must specify that you have participated every day, all week (Monday through Friday).

Even if you were absent from the scheme, you must tick the box for participation if your absence was due to

• other activities agreed with Nav
• the scheme being closed on a public holiday
• the scheme being closed due to general holiday closing on the part of the scheme organiser

You must answer “yes” and list all days you were absent from the scheme because

• you were sick
• your children or your child carer were sick

You must specify which days you were absent. Remember to notify the scheme organiser of your absence on the first day you are sick.

If you have not been absent due to sickness, answer “no”.

You must answer “yes” and tick to specify all days you were absent from the employment scheme, for example if you

• were working
• were on holiday other than planned holiday periods for the employment scheme

If you received wages while participating in the scheme, you must also specify that you were absent for the days this applies to.

Remember to notify the scheme organiser of your absence of the first day you are absent.

When should I not report that I was absent?

You should not list days you were absent if your absence was due to

• other activities agreed with Nav
• the scheme being closed on a public holiday
• the scheme being closed due to general holiday closing on the part of the scheme organiser

You will not be entitled to employment scheme benefits for days you were absent from agreed activities.

• You may be entitled to employment scheme benefits when you are sick.
• You will be paid the full benefit for the first 3 days you are sick. If you are sick longer than 3 days, you will receive 75 percent of the full benefit payment for the rest of the employer liability period. An employer liability period is a total of 16 business days.
• You need a medical certificate in order to be entitled to employment scheme benefits beyond 3 days.

• You may be entitled to employment scheme benefits when your child or child carer is sick.
• The same rules apply when your child or child carer is sick as when you are sick. This means you are entitled to full payment for the first three days and then 75 percent for the rest of the employer liability period.
• You must submit a medical certificate for your child or a certificate from your child carer from day 4 in order to be entitled to employment scheme benefits beyond 3 days.

• You may be entitled to employment scheme benefits even if you have been absent. This applies if your absence is due to activities you have agreed with your Nav counsellor.
• Approved reasons for absence, where you will still be entitled to employment scheme benefits, include:
  • job interviews
  • appointment in the public health care service
  • serious illness/burial/funeral service of close family member
• You must be able to document the reason for your absence in order for it to be approved. If your counsellor later approves your absence, you will receive back pay for the days you were absent.
• Only your Nav counsellor can approve your absence – the scheme organiser cannot.
• Please contact your Nav counsellor if you are not sure if your absence has been approved.

• You can work in addition to participating in your employment scheme, as long as your participation is not affected.
• You will not receive employment scheme benefits for days when you are absent from scheme activities due to work.
• You will not receive employment scheme benefits for days when you have earned pay while participating in scheme activities.

You are entitled to employment scheme benefits for days when your employment scheme is closed due to a public holiday. This applies to public holidays in May/June, as well as in connection with Easter/Christmas.