Unemployment insurance contributions are used to finance costs such as earnings-related unemployment benefits, adult education allowances, pension benefits and Kela benefits. The employee and employer are obliged to make unemployment insurance contributions and they both pay their own shares of them. The payment is made by the employer.
Employer is liable to pay unemployment insurance contributions if a total of more than EUR 1400 is paid in wages per calendar year. The unemployment insurance payment liability applies to employees who have turned 18 and are under the age of 65.
The liability to pay is based on the Act on the Financing of Unemployment Benefits (555/1998, the act is in finnish).
Salaries and wages are reported to the Incomes Register, which provides up-to-date information to the Employment Fund.
The employer’s liability for payment is affected by factors for example the payroll sum, ownership, company type and international circumstances.
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The employer pays both the employer’s and employee’s shares of the unemployment insurance contributions in accordance with the annual payment percentages.
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Bodies such as municipalities, parishes, associations and foundations are entitled to training compensation.
Advices how to apply training compensation
The employer may be obliged to pay the employer’s liability component if it has dismissed or laid off an elderly employee and the employee has been unemployed or laid off for a long period.
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The employer may be obliged to pay a restructuring protection fee if the employer has terminated an employment contract of an employee aged 55 or over on production-related or financial grounds and the employee had been employed by the employer for at least five years.
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An employer who has terminated an employment relationship in violation of the provisions of the Employment Contracts Act is liable to pay compensation to the employee. The Employment Fund acts as an expert in reconciliation situations, and is the recipient of the deduction in coordination matters.
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