Government bills10
- HE 112/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Combining unemployment benefits into universal support
Basic unemployment allowance and labour market subsidy during unemployment will be combined into a single new benefit, universal support. The new benefit will be applied for from and paid by Kela starting 1 May 2026.
18 Dec 2025 · 22 votes113 jaa59 ei - HE 109/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting activation plans for rehabilitative work
Activation plans for rehabilitative work activities will only be drawn up for unemployed persons whose primary income is social assistance. For recipients of unemployment benefits, services will be organised according to individual need through a multidisciplinary employment plan.
17 Dec 2025 · 2 votes95 jaa76 ei - HE 161/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming vocational education funding and steering
Funding and steering for vocational education and training will be reformed, and a pilot project will be launched giving some educational institutions greater leeway to decide on the qualifications they offer. At the same time, the learning support and special needs education received by students will be clarified and strengthened.
18 Dec 2024 · 7 votes150 jaa47 ei - HE 167/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming services and job search obligations
Unemployed persons will be required to apply regularly for at least four jobs a month, and meetings with them will begin every two weeks in the initial phase of their job search. The sanctions system for unemployment security will be made more lenient so that a first failure to seek work results in a reminder without loss of benefit.
21 Dec 2021 · 4 votes119 jaa30 ei - HE 215/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Launching a two-year basic income experiment
A basic income experiment will be carried out in Finland in 2017–2018, in which 2,000 unemployed persons will be paid a tax-free basic income of 560 euros per month. The experiment will investigate whether an unconditional basic income promotes employment and reduces incentive traps in social security.
23 Dec 2016 · 3 votes168 jaa5 ei - HE 107/2019 vpPassed
Reinstating notification of collective redundancies
Employers must notify the public employment services (TE services) if they dismiss at least ten employees for financial or production-related reasons. In addition, employers must inform dismissed employees of their right to an employment plan.
12 Mar 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 80/2019 vpPassed
Repealing the unemployment security activation model
The unemployment security activation model will be dismantled completely. Unemployed people will no longer need to work a minimum amount or participate in employment services to keep their unemployment benefits at the full rate.
13 Dec 2019 · 5 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus 1, mietintö / Mia Laiho
98 jaa62 ei - HE 59/2018 vpPassed
Easier studying on unemployment benefits
Unemployed jobseekers aged at least 25 will be able to study for up to six months without losing their unemployment benefit. The studies will also count towards the activity required under the activation model for unemployment security.
11 Dec 2018 · 1 voteOnly vote · 2 luvun 10 a §, mietintö / Anna Kontula
139 jaa24 ei - HE 133/2018 vpPassed
Facilitating vocational rehabilitation for youth
Young people aged 16–29 will be able to access Kela's vocational rehabilitation and receive a rehabilitation allowance without an illness or injury diagnosis if their functional capacity is impaired. The reform will particularly help young people outside education and employment to receive early support for life management and employment.
28 Nov 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 47/2016 vpPassed
Reforming Church personnel and employee rights
Church employers will no longer be required to maintain a statutory service register for their staff. In addition, church officeholders will gain the right to paid leave to seek employment in redundancy situations and clearer leave entitlements for holding municipal positions of trust.
12 May 2016 · passed without a vote