A year of legislative changes
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This year, there have been no fewer than 12 changes to unemployment benefits. Normally, there are no more than one or two changes a year. Next year looks to be quieter in this respect. However, there is one major change.
The changes have not affected the application for daily allowance
The changes in the law this year are mostly such that they have not specifically or particularly required the attention of the daily allowance claimant. Thus, since the changes in the law, there has been no reason for the applicant to act differently.
Among the legislative changes is, for example, the euroisation of the working condition, which is one of the biggest changes to unemployment benefit in decades. However, the change did not require the claimant to consciously act differently.
The opposite was the case, for example, with the 2018 active model, which increased the obligations of the daily allowance claimant.
So now it was possible to apply for daily allowance as normal, even if you were unaware of the changes in the law. As in the past, it is of course good to be aware of how income support is determined when anticipating your situation.
A few highlights
Legislative changes have extended the working and membership condition to one year. This is particularly important at the beginning of a career and after prolonged unemployment. Previously, six months of work was enough to qualify for the earnings-related daily allowance, but now the requirement is one year.
The amount of earnings-related daily allowance has been graduated. The amount of earnings-related daily allowance decreases in stages as unemployment becomes longer.
If there is untaken leave at the end of the employment relationship, holiday compensation is paid. Such holiday compensation prevents us from paying the earnings-related daily allowance for the period of the holiday compensation. It is particularly useful to anticipate this, for example in shorter fixed-term jobs where there may be no possibility of taking holidays during the employment relationship.
Alternating leave has been abolished. From the summer onwards, it has no longer been possible to grant new alternating leave.
2025 legislative changes
In 2025, there will be few changes to the details of unemployment benefits. From the beginning of the year, it is possible that the increase in the earnings-related allowance will be abolished. We will keep you informed as this progresses.
It is also possible that the preparation of the so-called “combined insurance” will move forward next year. Combined insurance is about the possibility of also being able to accumulate working conditions by combining self-employment and paid employment.
While there are not many changes in the details, there is one big change in the big picture. The big change is that from 2025, TE services will be transferred from the state to municipalities. In practice, this will mean that TE Offices will be abolished and services will be transferred to employment districts formed by municipalities. The TE services will continue to be accessible online via the Job Market Centre, but locally, the ways of doing business will be shaped by the operation of the new employment areas. We will provide more information on this as things progress and practices take shape.
Changes to unemployment protection legislation in 2024
- Freezing of the national pension index
- Periodicity of holiday pay compensation
- Increase in the number of waiting period days
- Abolition of the child increase
- Abolition of the exempt amount
- Abolition of alternation leave
- Allowing unemployment funds to support the employment of their members
- Staggering of the daily allowance
- Abolition of the working condition for wage subsidies
- Abolition of age-related exemptions
- Extension of the working condition
- Euroisation of the working condition