Unemployment Benefit Lock Can Be Shortened with Hardship Rule

Reading time 4 minutesA blocking time to 6 weeks can be shortened due to special hardship (§ 159 para. 3 sentence 2 no. 2 letter b SGB III) because a twelve-week blocking period is disproportionate according to the overall circumstances. This was judged by the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Regional Social Court. Thus, the tenor of the judgment: A blocking time for unemployment benefits is to be reduced to 6 weeks due to special hardship in the case of …