If you become unemployed or laid off

Open Unemployment Fund A-kassa
PO Box 116
00531 Helsinki
Service number 020 690 455
>> https://a-kassa.fi/en

This is how you apply for earnings-related allowance

1. Register with the TE Office as an unemployed jobseeker no later than on your first day of unemployment.

2. Fill in the earnings-related allowance application in A-kassa’s eService after the application period has ended.

3. Check that you have all the necessary attachments for the daily allowance application.

4. Submit your application and attachments.

5. Send us more information and missing attachments if they are requested.

You will find eService and more detailed instructions how to apply on the page https://a-kassa.fi/en. You can check the response time for applications and messages arriving at eService at the application processing status page.

If you can’t use eService, you can find the instructions on the page https://a-kassa.fi/en/eservice-tips.