{"id":494,"date":"2026-04-28T11:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alk.syndicom.ch\/?post_type=article&#038;p=494"},"modified":"2026-05-02T18:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:28:32","slug":"illness-and-accident","status":"publish","type":"syn_faq","link":"https:\/\/alk.syndicom.ch\/en\/faq\/illness-and-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Illness and accidents while unemployed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background-color has-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-07f13a317e9db4bd8b21f23ace74e382 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-narrow is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:53px\">Illness and accidents while unemployed<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-narrow is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>You must report an illness or accident to your RAV (Regional Employment Center) within one week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In case of <strong>illness<\/strong>, you are only entitled to unemployment benefits for the first 30 days of your incapacity for work. Within the framework period for the receipt of benefits, daily sickness benefits are limited to 44.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the event of an <strong>accident<\/strong>, you must also report it to your unemployment insurance fund and, if you have taken part in a labour market measure, to the organiser. In the event of an accident, you will receive benefits from the unemployment insurance fund for the first 3 days (including the day of the accident). After that, you will receive daily allowances from Suva.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Incapacity for work due to <strong>pregnancy <\/strong>is treated in the same way as incapacity for work due to illness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You must report an illness or accident to your RAV (Regional Employment Center) within one week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"syn_faq_category":[],"class_list":["post-494","syn_faq","type-syn_faq","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Illness and accidents while unemployed - Unemployment insurance fund syndicom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/alk.syndicom.ch\/en\/faq\/illness-and-accident\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Illness and accidents while unemployed - 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