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Kuvassa perinteinen suomalainen vappuleivonnainen, tippaleipä. Kuvassa näkyy myös serpentiiniä, mikä on vappukoriste.

May Day affects service hours and payment dates

Mies ja nainen ovat veneessä järvellä kalastamassa.

Earnings-related allowance is not affected when Kela’s general social security benefit is introduced on 1 May 2026

Kolem henkilöä on pöydän ääressä, meneillään on työhaastattelutilanne.

Gain a competitive edge by looking for jobs where others do not

Vanhempi mies työskentelee tietokoneella. Pöydällä on papereita ja niden päällä silmälasit.

Pay-subsidised work does not always count towards the employment condition

Number of earnings-related allowance recipients increased in March – improvement expected in April

Are legal services included in unemployment fund membership?

Nuori barista tekee kahvia kahvilassa.

How part-time work affects your earnings-related unemployment allowance?

Nainen ja mies tarkastelevat lattialle asetettuja papereita. He ovat sisustustarvikekaupan henkilökuntaa.

Summer job and unemployment security – what you should know?

Use the Allowance calculator to see how much earnings-related allowance you would receive?
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Trade unions are on the side of the worker and bring security to working life, we in the A-kassa in case of unemployment.
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The A-kassa is an unemployment fund open to all employees.

In one package, you get unemployment security and help in finding a new job.

We cooperate with several trade unions.

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If you are not yet a member of A-kassa, but would like to receive current information in your email, you can subscribe to our newsletter open to everyone. We send a newsletter once a month.

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Contact information

May Day opening hours:

  • On Thursday 30 April, we serve as usual otherwise, but the eService chat and the telephone line for authorities will close at 14:00.
  • On Friday 1 May, customer service is closed.

 

Opening hours of the telephone service​:

mon.-fri. 8.30–12.00

eService’s Live Chat is open:

mon- fri from 8.30-15.00

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