At the turn of the year 2025/26, the final component of the new ASAL 2.0 payment system for unemployment insurance funds (covering the unemployment benefit payment type) is to be rolled out as part of the ASALfutur project. The data migration and rollout require a complete service interruption. The systems of the employment offices (RAV), the unemployment insurance funds and the Job-Room platform will therefore be unavailable from 12:00 noon on 19 December 2025 until 6 January 2026 7:00 am. During this period, unemployment insurance funds will not be able to make any payments.
The service interruption primarily affects users of Job-Room as the eServices will be unavailable. However, all recipients of unemployment insurance benefits will be affected by the payment interruption. Unemployment insurance funds will not be able to make any payments from 22 December 2025 to 6 January 2026. Only payments recorded by 19 December 2025 (see below: ‘What should you do before the service interruption?’) can still be processed before 22 December 2025. Payments will be possible again as normal from 6 January 2026. Payment of unemployment insurance benefits is usually made within a month and is ensured despite the service interruption.
The following information explains how jobseekers, employers and private employment agencies can continue to exercise their rights and meet their obligations in relation to the unemployment insurance and the public employment service during the service interruption.
Please also refer to the website of your canton of residence or your responsible unemployment insurance fund for further information, in particular regarding the availability of the responsibleauthorities.
From 12:00 noon on 19 December 2025 to 7:00 am on 6 January 2026, all Job-Room eServices will be unavailable:
- Signing on with the employment service (RAV)
- Proof of efforts to find work
- Details regarding insured person
- Advance notification short-time working
- Application for settlement of short-time working compensation
- Register job vacancies
- Find candidates
- Search job