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Government bills11

Topicjob application11
  1. HE 86/2026 vpPassed

    Easier open higher education for jobseekers

    Jobseekers aged 25 or over will be able to complete open higher education studies without restrictions on the duration or scope of the studies and without losing their unemployment benefit. Studies will no longer need to be reported to employment authorities, but the obligation to apply for and accept full-time work will remain unchanged.

    11 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote
  2. 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 votes
    113 jaa
    59 ei
  3. HE 108/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Tightening job search obligations and sanctions

    Meetings for jobseekers in the employment services will be made more flexible, and applying for jobs referred by the authorities will become immediately mandatory. At the same time, unemployment security sanctions will be tightened so that entitlement to benefits will be lost for a fixed period as early as the first failure to comply.

    16 Dec 2025 · 5 votes
    112 jaa
    48 ei
  4. 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 votes
    119 jaa
    30 ei
  5. HE 192/2022 vpLapsed

    Statutory cooling-off periods for ministers

    The right of ministers to take up new duties after the end of their term of office could be restricted by a cooling-off period of up to one year. The restriction would prevent conflicts of interest and the exploitation of confidential information obtained in the Government.

    5 Apr 2023 · no votes
  6. HE 210/2016 vpPassed with amendments

    Tightening unemployment benefit obligations and conditions

    Unemployed persons will be subject to a stricter obligation to accept offered employment and participate in employment services under threat of losing their unemployment benefit. Employment must be accepted more broadly than before, including outside one's own occupational field and commuting area.

    23 Dec 2016 · 14 votes
    132 jaa
    40 ei
  7. HE 176/2022 vpPassed

    Reforming study and job search

    Unemployed people will be able to complete short-term and part-time studies more freely without losing their unemployment benefit. At the same time, a full job-seeking requirement will be imposed on those studying independently on unemployment benefit who hold a vocational qualification.

    15 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote
  8. HE 225/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Introducing Job Market Finland and IT reform

    A new nationwide information system package and the Job Market Finland service platform will be introduced in the public employment services (TE services). Jobseekers will be able to publish an anonymous job search profile on the service, which employers can utilise in recruitment.

    13 May 2022 · 2 votes

    Closest vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 13 luvun 1 §, mietintö / Arto Satonen

    102 jaa
    36 ei
  9. HE 43/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Streamlining the municipal employment trial

    Municipalities participating in the municipal employment trial will be transferred further straightforward unemployment security duties from the public employment services (TE services) to speed up service. Jobseekers will also be able to transfer to become clients of another municipality or the public employment services (TE services) on grounds such as linguistic rights or safety reasons.

    12 May 2021 · passed without a vote
  10. HE 93/2018 vpLapsed

    Transferring employment and business services to regions

    Public employment and business services as well as business subsidies will be transferred from the central government to the regions to be established and restructured into growth services. At the same time, private service providers will be enabled to play a broader role in organising jobseekers' service processes.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  11. HE 124/2017 vpPassed with amendments

    Introducing the unemployment activation model

    Unemployment benefit will decrease by 4.65 per cent if an unemployed person does not work sufficiently or participate in employment services during a three-month monitoring period. At the same time, the waiting period at the start of unemployment will be shortened from seven days to five days.

    22 Dec 2017 · 5 votes
    103 jaa
    90 ei