Membership fee of Open Unemployment Fund A-kassa for 2022 confirmed

The membership fee of the new Open Unemployment Fund, or A-kassa in short, is 8 euros per month. A-kassa will start its operations on 1 of January 2022.

Financial Supervisory Authority has confirmed the amount of the membership fee according to the unemployment fund’s proposal.

The new Open Unemployment Fund, as the name suggests, will be open to employees from all sectors. Our aim is to offer a competitive membership fee and a wide range of services to our members.

Read more about Open Unemployment Fund here and about membership here.

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