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The new restructuring protection package for those aged 55 and over has become available on 1 January 2023. If you satisfy the eligibility criteria for the new restructuring protection package, you are entitled to a restructuring protection allowance. The restructuring protection allowance is equivalent to one month’s salary. Members of unemployment funds apply for the … 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 2023, from the Finnish Tax Administration. You therefore do not have to send us your tax deduction card. If you have already ordered … Continued

Collective agreement negotiations at the beginning of the year have increased the likelihood of strikes in many sectors. If your work is prevented due to a strike that seeks to influence your working conditions or terms of employment, you are not entitled to earnings-related allowance for the days on strike. We can pay you earnings-related … Continued

Unemployment Fund Aaria’s membership fee in 2023 is 7 euros per month or 84 euros for the entire year. We have sent the invoices for the membership fee to our individual members on Monday 16 January. The membership fees of those who belong to the fund through a trade union are invoiced by the union. If … Continued

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