Lay-offs
When you are laid off, there is an interruption in your work and wages. However, your employment relationship remains in place for the duration of your lay-off. Unemployment security can provide you with a livelihood while you are laid off.
You can find employment services, like registering as a job seeker, in the 'E-services' section.
A lay-off means the temporary suspension of work and payment of wages based on a decision made or initiated by the employer. However, the employment relationship otherwise remains in force.
A laid off employee is either suspended from work entirely or has shortened working hours. Lay-offs can be full-time or part-time. Being laid off full-time means you no longer have any work obligations. When you are laid off part-time, your daily or weekly working hours are shortened.
If you are laid off, register as a job seeker in the E-services at Job Market Finland no later than the first day of your lay-off period. You can register before your lay-off period or shortened work hours begin. You will receive an unemployment benefit for the duration of your lay-off if you have registered as a job seeker and the other requirements for receiving benefits are met.
Your job search obligation begins after a job search discussion has been organised for you and you have been laid off for three months.
Services
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- Initial interview and job search discussions
- Employment plan
- Handling official matters and registering as a job seeker
- Lay-offs from the employer's perspective
- Inform the employment official on changes to your employment status
More information
- Unemployment benefits (kela.fi)
- Federation of Unemployment Funds in Finland (TYJ) (tyj.fi)
- TE Office Telephone service for personal customers (suomi.fi)
- Lay-offs (tyosuojelu.fi)
- Law on public employment and business service (finlex.fi, in Finnish)
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