As a benefit, earnings-related allowance is a typically associated with unemployment or lay-off. However, it is important to remember that in some scenarios you can also qualify for earnings-related allowance if you are incapacitated...
According to the results of a current Open Unemployment Fund A-kassa member survey and A-kassa members’ answers in the unemployment barometer by the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions, obstacles to finding employment are...
Tax withholding on benefits will be made automatically from the beginning of the year, based on the tax cards that take effect at that time. The income limits on the tax cards are determined...
Employment relationship, self-employment, entrepreneurship. For the purpose of unemployment security, who is considered an entrepreneur? What does it mean if an employer offers you billable work rather than salaried work? Being an entrepreneur does...
Open Unemployment Fund A-kassa implemented a new digital EmploymentWizard service in April 2025. Powered by artificial intelligence, the service helps members in their job search, career planning and putting their skills and competences into...
Conducted in August 2025, Open Unemployment Fund A-kassa’s member survey is exceptionally loud and clear with its results: government cuts to unemployment security have significantly undermined the financial security of unemployed members. As an...
