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Finnish Food Workers’ Unemployment Fund will merge to Open Unemployment Fund

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26.05.2023

Finnish Food Workers’ Unemployment Fund will merge with the Open Unemployment Fund A-kassa at the beginning of next year. The decision to merge was approved at the meeting of the Open Unemployment Fund, 26 May 2023. The Finnish Food Workers’ Unemployment Fund made a positive decision earlier, on ...

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12.05.2023

Checklist for the summer – annual holidays, midweek public holidays, and other matters relevant to unemployment security

As summer arrives, it is good to refresh your memory about how you accrue annual holiday, how this affects your daily allowance, and how you fill in the application. Our website provides instructions on filling in your first application, whether you are laid off, entire...

How do different forms of lay-off affect the daily allowance?

Lay-offs come in different forms, which affect whether the earnings-related daily allowance is paid in full or adjusted according to earned income. This, in turn, affects the final amount of daily allowance paid to you. Types of lay-off: Full-time > full earnings-re...

Carefully made application speeds up processing

The aim of A-kassa is to process the applications of all members as efficiently as possible and to pay benefits quickly. The processing of applications happens faster when all the information has been submitted to us at the same time. Applications, attachments, and messa...

Paid absences and midweek holidays when completing an earnings-related unemployment allowance application

Entering midweek holidays in the application Earnings-related unemployment allowance can be paid for midweek holidays (arkipyhä) during a temporary lay-off on the same grounds as other days of lay-off, provided that you have not received full pay for the midweek holiday....

Filling in an application including midweek holiday

Earnings-related unemployment allowance can be paid for midweek holidays (arkipyhä) during a temporary lay-off on the same grounds as other days of lay-off, provided that you have not received full pay for the midweek holiday. Different sectors have different practices f...

Does a partial early old-age pension affect the earnings-related allowance?

As a rule, a partial early old-age pension does not affect earnings-related unemployment allowance. In other words, the pension is not a benefit that prevents you from receiving earnings-related unemployment allowance and is not deducted from the allowance. However, a pa...

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Finnish Food Workers’ Unemployment Fund will merge to Open Unemployment Fund

Checklist for the summer – annual holidays, midweek public holidays, and other matters relevant to unemployment security

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How do different forms of lay-off affect the daily allowance?

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Carefully made application speeds up processing

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Paid absences and midweek holidays when completing an earnings-related unemployment allowance application

Read more >

Filling in an application including midweek holiday

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Does a partial early old-age pension affect the earnings-related allowance?

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