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Four common misconceptions about unemployment security
- Earnings-related allowance, Membership, News
For many, unemployment security is something that they do not read up on until they are unemployed or laid off. However, to be entitled...
- Earnings-related allowance, News, Statistics, Unemployment
The Open Unemployment Fund recorded a significant increase in the number of earnings-related allowance recipients during the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year. Looking at the numbers regionally, the...
- News
Currently, the supplementary amount is payable with earnings-related allowance if the unemployed person participates in a service promoting employment. Recently, the government decided in its session on spending limits that the supplementary amount will...
- Earnings-related allowance, Law reform, News
Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Government was published on 16 June 2023 and it also included many changes to earnings-related security. The law will not change immediately, and the amendments will need to...
- Mobility allowance, News
The mobility allowance is a benefit for which you can apply from your unemployment fund if you are unemployed and have accepted a job or started recruitment training required for a job. To receive...
- News
In March, 13% of all Open Unemployment Fund members received earnings-related allowance from the fund. Compared to March of last year, the number of recipients increased by 23.1%. Out of all daily earnings-related allowance...
- Earnings-related allowance, Law reform, News
The Government’s legislative change to remove the child increment completely will take effect on 1 April 2024. This means that the unemployment benefits paid after the beginning of April will not include any child...
