Maintenance break in eService on 13 of October
There will be a maintenance break in the eService on Wednesday 13 of October from 6 pm to 6:30 pm. eService is not in use during...
A-kassa starts its operations at the turn of the year – Financial Supervisory Authority approved merger
The Financial Supervisory Authority has on 28 of September approved the merger of the Unemployment Fund of Finnish Industrial Workers, the Unemployment Fund Finka and...
Temporary changes to unemployment security continued till November
The Finnish Parliament has passed the legislative amendment, which will continue the temporary changes to unemployment security. These include the raise to standard entitlement and...
Age limit of earnings-related allowance raised to 18 years
The change came into effect on 1st of August. From now on, earnings-related allowance can be be paid to 17-year-olds only in certain conditions. Starting...
Summer update – salaried vacation, midweek holidays and other current things to remember
As the summer has come even to Finland, it is also the time of summer holidays. When applying for the earnings-related allowance, salaried vacations and...
New unemployment fund with 190,000 members starts at the turn of the year
The Unemployment Fund of Finnish Industrial Workers and the Unemployment Fund of the Construction Sector decided to merge into a new unemployment fund. The decision...
Local government pilot on employment started in March
Approximately a third of TE Service's clients are about to transfer to municipalities' clients. The change affects people that receive earnings-related allowance and are under...
Membership fee must also be paid from part-time work
Membership fees of the Industrial Union and the unemployment fund must be paid from all taxable salary. This includes salary from work that is not...
Obligation to apply for education that leads to a degree for under 25-year-olds
A young person that is under 25 years old cannot claim for unemployment benefit, if he/she has not applied for at least two study places...
Improvements to eService – application can be sent on the last day of application period
eService of the Industrial Unemployment Fund has been improved in order to facilitate applying of earnings-related allowance. It is now possible to apply for the...
Finka to join the new unemployment fund
Preparations for a merger of a new unemployment fund are proceeding on schedule. Unemployment Fund Finka, which has been an unemployment fund for journalists and...
Number of members in the unemployment fund
The Unemployment Fund of Finnish Industrial Workers has 134,782 members according to census in 31 of December 2021. 402 of the members are individual members....