Paper 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, 30 May 2024. An extraordinary meeting of the Paper Workers’ Unemployment Fund representatives made a positive decision earlier on 16 May 2024.
The merger is scheduled to take place from 1 January 2025. With its 243,515 members, A-kassa is currently the third largest unemployment fund in Finland. As a result of the merger, approximately 12,500 members will transfer to A-kassa.
The merger of the funds does not require any action from members of the Paper Workers’ Unemployment Fund at this stage, as current membership of the unemployment fund will automatically be transferred to the A-kassa from the beginning of next year. If any measures are required, we will inform you in advance towards the end of the year. There will also be no changes to members’ unemployment security or benefit payments due to the merger. Existing members of the A-kassa will not be affected by the change either.
In addition to the decisions of the unemployment funds, the merger also requires the consent of the Financial Supervisory Authority.
A-kassa is a general and a multidisciplinary unemployment fund, which is open to all employees. A-kassa pays out earnings-related unemployment benefits to its members.
More information:
Director of the Open Unemployment Fund Sami Aapro, tel. 040 565 9628
Head of the Paper Workers’ Unemployment Fund Päivi Äijälä, tel. 040 632 1069
