As a member of the Unemployment Fund, you may in certain situations study while receiving earnings-related unemployment allowance. The government is currently preparing a...
A-kassa organises three free workshops for its members in May, where you will receive practical support for your job search and learn how to use the EmploymentWizard platform in practice. In the workshops,...
The May Day cause changes to the unemployment fund’s service hours and benefit payment dates. Telephone service and eService chat On Thursday 30 April, we serve as usual otherwise, but the eService chat...
Kela will introduce a new general social security benefit on 1 May 2026. The general social security benefit will replace the labour market subsidy and the basic unemployment allowance paid on the basis of...
This is the next entry in our series of articles focused on job search. The three previous articles explored ways to expand your job search and the forms of support available for accepting a...
Pay-subsidised work does not generally count towards the employment condition, which is required to be fulfilled in order to receive earnings-related allowance. Following the amendments to the Unemployment Security Act that have been in...
In March, the number of recipients of earnings-related allowance from Open Unemployment Fund increased by 5% compared to February but was still 12% lower than a year earlier. The number of applications rose clearly...
