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Statistics page updated on Industrial Unemployment Fund’s website

News9.10.202015.10.2020

You can now find more information and pictures from previous month's statistics on Industrial Unemployment Fund's website. Latest monthly statistics include not only more comprehensive...

Keep your contact information updated in eService

News8.10.202015.10.2020

eService is easy to use when sending applications for earnings-related allowance, attachments to the application or electronic messages. Remember to keep your contact information up-to-date,...

Green light to a big unemployment fund

News28.8.202031.8.2020

The Unemployment Fund of Finnish Industrial Workers, the Public and Welfare Sectors' Unemployment Fund and the Unemployment Fund of Construction Sector have decided to start...

Industrial Unemployment Fund’s council convened on 21 of August in Vantaa

News26.8.202027.8.2020

The council of the Unemployment Fund of Finnish Industrial Workers held an annual meeting on Friday 21 of August. The huge number of temporary lay-offs...

Industrial Unemployment Fund’s measures were successful with application backlog – situation in autumn difficult to predict

News6.8.202013.8.2020

Number of applicants receiving earnings-related allowance had risen in June, but started to go down slightly in July. The measures taken by the Industrial Unemployment...

Maximum number of earnings-related allowance days are not counted until the end of the year

News4.8.20204.8.2020

During the spring, legislative changes were made to unemployment security. Some of the changes were continued and even partly expanded starting from 1 of July...

Benefits paid on 1 July have been paid twice

Bulletin2.7.202014.7.2020

Benefits paid on 1 of July have been incorrectly paid again on 2 of July. The incorrect payments concern earnings-related allowance, alternation compensation and mobility...

Exceptional opening hours in our phone service during summertime

News26.6.202026.6.2020

During 29 June and 7 August 2020, Industrial Unemployment Fund's phone service for our members is exceptionally open from Monday to Friday between 8:30 am...

Unemployment fund introduces advance payment for earnings-related allowance

News16.6.202016.6.2020

The members applying for the earnings-related allowance will receive an advance payment, if the processing of application has lengthened and it has not yet been...

Improvements to standard entitlement and mobility allowance have been approved

News4.6.202015.6.2020

The Finnish parliament has approved a raise to the standard entitlement as well as shortening of commute condition of the mobility allowance. Changes to legislation...

The payment of unemployment benefit becomes more efficient

News2.6.2020

New temporary changes have been made to unemployment benefit due to the backlog of cases caused by the coronavirus situation. The purpose of the changes...

Regional offices closed for the time being

Bulletin2.6.20202.6.2020

Industrial Union's regional offices are closed due to the coronavirus epidemic for the time being. The Unemployment Fund of Finnish Industrial Workers serves customers online...