Government bills19
- HE 67/2026 vpPassed
Streamlining correction of erroneous Kela decisions
Kela will be able to correct a clear error in a benefit decision to the recipient's detriment without their consent if the error is due to the client's own conduct. In addition, the payment of sickness allowance could be suspended or reduced more quickly than before when circumstances change, to prevent overpayments from accumulating.
12 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 123/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Cutting sickness and rehabilitation allowances
Sickness allowances and rehabilitation allowances will be cut for those earning more than 27,633 euros a year, and health insurance contribution liabilities will be transferred from the central government to employers and insured persons. The changes will strengthen central and local government finances, and they will apply from 1 January 2025.
28 Nov 2024 · 1 vote116 jaa51 ei - HE 150/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Improving pregnancy and organ donor benefits
Pregnant women will be eligible to receive special pregnancy allowance more often and also on a partial basis if working conditions endanger their health and no alternative work is available. Donors of organs, tissues or cells will be fully compensated for loss of earnings resulting from the procedure.
18 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 160/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Freezing national pension index-linked benefits
Index increases to social benefits tied to the national pension index, such as the national pension and unemployment benefits, will be foregone in 2019. However, the basic amount of social assistance will be increased in line with rising prices.
20 Dec 2018 · 8 votes97 jaa84 ei - HE 173/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Improving access to pay security
Victims of severe work-related exploitation will be granted more time to apply for unpaid wages through the state pay security scheme. At the same time, the processing of pay claims based on court decisions and settlements will be clarified, and the pay security authority's access to information will be expanded.
9 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 78/2022 vpPassed
Extending COVID-19 reimbursements and allowances
Kela reimbursements for COVID-19 vaccinations and tests and the eased conditions for the infectious disease allowance would be extended until the end of 2022. The accrual of an employee's annual leave during absence caused by a coronavirus infection would also be safeguarded for the same period.
20 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 242/2021 vpPassed
Easing access to infectious disease allowance
An employee infected with the coronavirus or a parent caring for an ill child can receive infectious disease allowance on the basis of a regular medical certificate without an official isolation order. Annual leave accrues during the period of absence as normal.
17 Feb 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 81/2020 vpPassed
More flexible funding for unemployment benefits
The state will pay central government transfers for unemployment benefits to Kela on the basis of a monthly notification instead of the previous advance confirmation for the entire year. The change will ensure that Kela always has sufficient funds to pay unemployment benefits on time.
19 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 39/2019 vpPassed
Increasing basic security and family benefits
Basic social security benefits, such as minimum sickness and parental allowances as well as unemployment security, will be increased by 20 euros per month from the start of 2020. In addition, child benefit for single parents and large families, child maintenance allowance and single parents' social assistance will be raised.
26 Nov 2019 · 4 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Arja Juvonen
85 jaa71 ei - HE 296/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming daily allowance income bases
Kela's sickness and parental allowances as well as rehabilitation allowance will be determined on the basis of the applicant's recent annual income instead of outdated taxation data. The information will be obtained directly from the incomes register, so applicants and employers do not need to submit separate income statements.
8 Apr 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 206/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Improving basic security and parental allowances
The minimum sickness and parental allowances, rehabilitation allowances and the guarantee pension will be increased, and the annual ceiling on medicine expenses will be lowered. At the same time, the rights of single parents, adoptive parents and multiple-birth families to parental allowances will be improved.
20 Dec 2018 · 19 votesClosest vote · 3. lakiehdotus, 35 §, mietintö / Anneli Kiljunen
96 jaa87 ei - HE 164/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming civilian crisis management administration and employment
The Crisis Management Centre will be transferred from under the Emergency Services Academy directly to the Ministry of the Interior, and civilian crisis management will be separated more clearly from international rescue operations. At the same time, terms of employment and compensation for experts working abroad will be improved.
20 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 87/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Aligning legislation with the incomes register
Earnings-related pension acts and occupational accident and disease acts will be adapted to the introduction of the new national incomes register. The penalty fee for an employer's failure to take out pension insurance will be imposed by the State Treasury instead of the pension provider.
13 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 141/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Improving entrepreneur benefits and minimum allowances
The waiting period for sickness allowance for entrepreneurs insured under the Self-Employed Persons' Pensions Act (YEL) will be shortened to one day, and the level of minimum daily allowances under health insurance will be increased. In addition, both parents will be able to receive special care allowance simultaneously during terminal care of a child.
19 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 263/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming prisoners' financial benefits
Prisoners' spending allowance, activity allowance and wages will be reformed to be daily and more equitable than before. At the same time, the use of payment cards by prisoners will be enabled, as well as the restraining of all prisoners being transported for security reasons.
21 Apr 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 13/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming communicable disease control and compensation
Legislation on the prevention and control of communicable diseases will be reformed to meet modern epidemic threats and international obligations. At the same time, decision-making on control measures will be streamlined and compensation paid to those falling ill will be clarified.
9 Dec 2016 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus 2, mietintö / Anneli Kiljunen
99 jaa52 ei - HE 169/2016 vpWithdrawn
Lowering unemployment benefits for immigrants
Unemployed immigrants to Finland will be paid an integration subsidy that is 10 per cent lower than the labour market subsidy for a maximum of three years. The change aims to curb public expenditure and reduce Finland's pull factors.
29 Nov 2016 · no votes - HE 152/2015 vpPassed
Reforming athletes' pension and accident coverage
The upper age limit for the obligation to insure professional athletes will rise from 43 to 65 years, and the old-age pension age will be linked to the general earnings-related pension age. At the same time, overlapping sickness allowance and accident compensation for farmers will be curtailed.
17 Mar 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 105/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Cutting sickness and parental allowances
Sickness allowances and rehabilitation allowances for people earning more than 30,000 euros a year will be reduced. At the same time, the increased compensation rate for the first 30 weekdays of parental allowances will be abolished.
18 Dec 2015 · 4 votesClosest vote · 11 luvun 10 a §, mietintö / Kristiina Salonen
115 jaa66 ei