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Check an unemployment benefit (ALG I) or blocking period (Sperrzeit) notice

Blocking period after resigning? Wrong entitlement period? Our AI tools check the assessment, the reason for the blocking period and the instructions on legal remedies.

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Deadline at a glance

1 month (correct RBB) — otherwise up to 1 year

§ 84 SGG

The deadline starts on notification. If the instructions on legal remedies are defective, the one-year period under § 66 SGG applies.

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What you can do here in 5 minutes

Blocking periods (Sperrzeiten, § 159 SGB III) can often be challenged legally — good cause is frequently not recognized even though it exists. If the instructions on legal remedies (RBB) are defective, § 66 SGG applies.

Upload the notice; compliance and assessment check, draft objection (Widerspruch).

How it works

Results in three steps

1

Upload the notice

ALG I award, refusal or blocking period notice.

2

Review

Assessment period, reason for the blocking period, instructions on legal remedies.

3

Objection

A draft that meets the deadline — with the relevant arguments.

What you get
  • Upload the notice – ALG I award, refusal or blocking period notice.
  • Review – Assessment period, reason for the blocking period, instructions on legal remedies.
  • Objection – A draft that meets the deadline — with the relevant arguments.
What it is not
  • No representation before the social court.
  • No calculation of your individual ALG amount without pay data.

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What the AI checks — and what only a lawyer can decide

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For a long blocking period (12 weeks), exhaustion of entitlement or court action — a specialist social security lawyer.

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