G-days are the first days of unemployment on which your employer must pay unemployment benefit to you if you are made redundant from your job or cease working in a temporary job. To qualify for G-days, you must have been employed for at least 74 hours in the four weeks before you became unemployed. If you meet the employment requirement of 74 hours of work within 4 weeks, you are entitled to 2 G-days. If your employer forgets the G-days Employers are often not aware that they have to pay G-days. We therefore encourage you to contact FTFa if you have any doubts as to whether you are entitled to G-days. We can also help you to get payment for G-days from your employer. Your former employer must pay for G days as quickly as possible. This must be done no later than the second wage payment after you stop working, or after you have made a solemn declaration. Payment of half and full G-days for part-time work If you are employed as a day-to-day temporary worker, you are considered to be dismissed each day at the end of your work. The employer must therefore pay for G-days if you do not have full employment on these days. If you have worked less than 3.7 hours on the last working day, this triggers a full G-day. If you have worked more than 3.7 hours on your last working day, this triggers a half G-day. If you are working on permanently reduced hours or a rota scheme, your employer does not have to pay G-days until your employment ends. Example of a working week in which the member works as a substitute/replacement: Monday: 8 hours Tuesday: 7 hours (triggers ½ G-day) Wednesday: 0 hours (triggers 1 G-day) Thursday: 0 hours (triggers 1 G-day) Friday: 6 hours (triggers ½ G-day) Monday: 8 hours In this example, the employer has to pay for half a G-day on Tuesday and Friday. On Wednesday and Thursday, when the member is fully unemployed, the employer must pay for two full G-days. It does not matter which days you work.