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Ascension Day, 29 May 2025, and Midsummer Eve, 25 June 2025, are not payment dates for benefits. This may cause a slight delay in benefit payments. Otherwise, summer will not cause any exceptions in our services. Our phone service is available at 020 7655 900 Mondays from 9:00 to 12:00 noon Tuesdays from 12:00 to … Continued
With the summer holiday season having started, many laid off and partially employed people might have questions about how annual leave and holiday bonuses affect earnings-related allowance and applying for it. We have collected information below on the impact of annual leave on earnings-related allowance, as well as instructions on how to apply for earnings … Continued
Do you work as a special needs teaching assistant and are unemployed during the school summer holidays? You can receive earnings-related allowance during school holidays if you are laid off or your employment contract states that wages and work will be interrupted during the school holidays and this was agreed upon when the contract was … Continued
The public holidays will affect both the payment of benefits and our telephone service. The following public holidays are not benefit payment dates: Good Friday, 18 April Easter Monday, 21 April May Day, 1 May Ascension Day, 29 May This may cause minor delays in benefit payments. Our telephone service is also closed on public … Continued
The meeting will take place on Wednesday 21 May 2025 starting at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be held online using Microsoft Teams. Representatives of the member communities will receive a separate link via email to attend the meeting. The agenda of the meeting will include all of the matters mentioned in section 13 of … Continued
We offer our members job search training in collaboration with TJS Opintokeskus. In the Spring 2025 training series, you will learn how to write an effective job application, succeed in job interviews, and maintain motivation in your job search. The training sessions are conducted remotely via Teams ans will be held in Finnish. Participation in … Continued
Starting in March 2025, we are offering new services to support our members in their job search. These services are provided in collaboration with Coolla Ltd, a company specialising in career and job search services. Coolla’s experts provide comprehensive support for all stages of your job search. You can access these services by logging into … Continued
The Board of Aaria Unemployment Fund has appointed Petteri Syväoja as the new Fund Director. He will assume his duties on 1 April 2025, following the retirement of long-serving Fund Director Tuija Taxell. Syväoja transitions to this role from his current position as HR Manager at Aaria Unemployment Fund. Previously, he has worked at Aaria … Continued
Collective agreement negotiations have increased the likelihood of strikes in some sectors. The unemployment funds will not pay a strike pay during strikes. If you have any questions about strike pay, please contact your trade union. You cannot receive earnings-related allowance from the unemployment fund due to a strike. However, a strike does not affect … Continued
Unemployment Fund Aaria’s membership fee in 2025 is 6,5 euros per month or 78 euros for the entire year. We have sent the invoices for the membership fee to our individual members on Wednesday 22 January. If you are a member of one of Aaria’s member unions, your membership fee will be invoiced by your trade … Continued
