ASALfutur

The project plan envisages a staggered rollout of the ASAL 2.0 system.

The productive partial introduction of ASAL 2.0 for the processing and payment of short-time working and bad-weather compensation was implemented on schedule in April 2023. Experience gained from operational use provides valuable feedback and findings, which are continuously taken into account to ensure the successful introduction of the overall system.

The second step of the introduction was successfully completed at the beginning of June 2024: the unemployment insurance offices will now be processing insolvency compensation cases entirely through ASAL 2.0. 

As more time is needed for the implementation of unemployment benefit payment and the international affairs area in ASAL 2.0, the overall planning has been adjusted. The verified new schedule was approved by the Supervisory Commission for the UI’s Compensation Fund on 21 August 2024. The rollout of ASAL 2.0 for unemployment benefit payment is now planned for the turn of 2025/2026.  According to the schedule, ASAL 2.0 will only be rolled out for the international affairs area after unemployment benefit payment has gone live.

The offices are updated about the status of planning on an ongoing basis so that they have sufficient time to prepare the activities required for implementation and can then carry them out in good time.

By utilising integrated, digitalised and validated processes, the new ASAL 2.0 payment system aims to speed up processing of unemployment insurance, reduce administrative errors and improve legal compliance. To achieve these goals, extensive use is being made of the benefits of digitalisation. The focus is on the following aspects:

• Online services for insured persons: In future, insured persons will be able to make enquiries and consult their data and documents online. The system will allow automatic processing of most of the data uploaded to the portal by the job-seeker.
• Digitalisation of data management: when correspondence is received in the post, the data will be systematically digitalised and registered in the system using a text recognition tool with an advanced data analysis function.
• Integrated processing: in future, users will be guided through the ASAL system by harmonised processes, without redundancies or the need to switch to different systems. Both beneficiaries and third parties will be integrated into the process. In addition, the system will have strong software to detect abuse and ensure compliance.
• Digitalisation of data output: information and documents aimed at beneficiaries and third parties will also be available digitally. It will no longer be necessary for the insurance funds and regional employment centres to sign the documents produced, so they can be transmitted directly to users.

The support provided by the new system will, in the medium to long term, reduce the administrative workload of unemployment insurance funds. Interaction of the various functions of ASAL 2.0 will simplify their day-to-day work.