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Unemployment
If you become unemployed or if you are temporarily laid-off or if your studies have ended but you don't have a job, you should immediately register as an unemployed jobseeker in accordance with the instructions of the TE Services.
Becoming unemployed
- Unemployment benefit from Kela?
- Kela provides basic benefits for the unemployed by paying basic unemployment allowance and labour market subsidy.
- Register as an unemployed jobseeker with the TE Services
- Unemployment benefits can only be paid if you are registered as an unemployed jobseeker with the TE Services.
- The coronavirus outbreak and unemployment
- During the coronavirus outbreak, self-employed persons and employees who become unemployed can apply for unemployment benefits on exceptional grounds.
- If you are laid off temporarily
- Send your application for unemployment benefits during a temporary lay-off to Kela or to your unemployment fund.
- Right to unemployment benefits
- The entitlement criteria for unemployment benefits are laid down by law.
Unemployment
- Report days of unemployment
- Kela pays unemployment benefits on the basis of the unemployment status report.
- When you are ageing
- Ageing unemployed persons may be entitled to, for instance, additional days of unemployment allowance.
- Benefits for unemployed immigrants
- If you are an unemployed immigrant, you should as soon as possible register as an unemployed jobseeker according to the instructions of the TE Services.
- If you are incapable of work
- If you fall ill while unemployed, you can take sick leave. If you are incapable of work, you can also receive other benefits.
Towards a new job
- When you find a job
- If you have some earnings, you can still receive an unemployment benefit. In such a case, you will receive an adjusted unemployment benefit.
- Employment promoting services
- You have diverse possibilities of promoting your employment prospects. Agree on the measures with the TE Services.
- Compensation for expenses
- When you participate in employment promoting measures you can receive compensation for expenses from Kela as regards travel and maintenance costs related to participation in an employment promoting measure.
- Commuting and relocation allowance
- The commuting and relocation allowance supports your possibilities of taking on a job further away from your home.