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Filling in an earnings-related unemployment allowance application can now be done faster in our eService using the new express application function. An express application can be filled in, if you have applied for earnings-related unemployment allowance in periods of one month or four calendar weeks, there is no gap between applications, the previous application period … Continued
Copyright compensation no longer affects the amount of earnings-related daily allowance in adjustment. Other compensations based on intellectual property rights, such as royalty, compensation for use and compensation for an employment invention, will still be taken into account as earned income in the adjustment of unemployment benefit. The amendment of the decree will enter into … Continued
Parliament has approved legislative amendments that will improve the study opportunities of the unemployed as of 1 January 2023. In the future, jobseekers will be able to study more without losing their unemployment benefits. Study opportunities are expanding Full-time students are not entitled to unemployment benefits. However, jobseekers who study part-time may receive unemployment … Continued
The Parliament has approved amendments to the Unemployment Security Act related to the adjustment of unemployment security. The amendments will enter into force on 1 January 2023. The adjustment of unemployment security means that income from part-time work or periods of employment lasting less than two weeks, for example, is taken into account in the … Continued
The Electrical Workers´ Unemployment Fund will merge with Unemployment Fund Aaria on 1 January 2023 Maintenance work will be carried out in our systems at the turn of the year, causing the electronic eService and payment system to be unavailable. The downtime starts on Friday, 23 December 2022 at 13. The maintenance is expected to … Continued
If you have been a member of Aaria since the beginning of the year, we automatically get the details of your annual wage-based tax deduction card, which becomes valid on 1 February 2022, from the Finnish Tax Administration. You therefore do not have to send us your tax deduction card. Please note that when we … Continued
Independence Day on 6 December 2022, Boxing Day on 26 December 2022 and Epiphany on 6 January 2023 are midweek holidays and no benefits will be paid on these days. This may cause a slight delay in benefit payments. Our telephone service is also closed on Independence Day on 6 December. Normally, our telephone service … Continued
The system of ‘additional days’ of unemployment security is being phased out, and this includes abolishing the entitlement for additional days altogether for those born in or after 1965. A new restructuring protection package is being introduced for persons aged 55 and over. The changes become law on 1 January 2023. Restructuring protection package … Continued
Earnings-related allowance is usually paid for a maximum of 300–500 days. The system of additional days (often referred to as the ‘unemployment path to retirement’) refers to a person’s continued right to an earnings-related allowance after the maximum period. The minimum age at which a person can start claiming an allowance for additional days depends … Continued
The Government will no longer be bringing the legislative amendment on the switch to a euro-denominated employment condition before Parliament during this government term. The switch to euro-denomination was due to enter into force in 2023. The purpose of the new law was that the amount of an unemployed person’s daily allowance would be calculated … Continued
