Part-time work refers to employment subject to unemployment
allowance, where the working time is no more than 80% of the maximum working
time applicable to full-time employees in the sector. Income received from
part-time employment and employment lasting no more than two weeks is taken
into account in the daily allowance in accordance with the time of the payment
date.

If you are working part-time, apply
for earnings-related allowance monthly. Mark your working hours on the
application form’s calendar. Send as an attachment at least your part-time work contract. Primarily we receive salary information from the incomes register,
but sometimes the information we receive from the register is insufficient. Therefore,
you can also send us your payslips if you wish so. Mark your salary payment date or
approximate payment date on the application form.

Full-time employment refers to employment where the working
time is more than 80% of the maximum working time applicable to full-time
employees in the sector. If you have a full-time work and it says in your work
contract that you have an unpaid period which is based on the institution’s
established period of operation, please send us an application from this unpaid
period. Please attach also a copy of your work contract, if you have
not sent this to the fund beforehand.

Does your work contract end before Christmas and your
next work contract starts in January? Please send us your application from
the time period you have been unemployed. This way we can check if you have the
right to receive earnings-related allowance. Send us both
work contracts with the application.

Please notice that a current application for full-time
employment at a TE-office is always a prerequisite for the payment of an
allowance. Please register as an unemployed
jobseeker at the TE-office on your first day of unemployment or unpaid holiday
at the latest.

We recommend you to send us your application even when you
are not sure about your right to receive earnings-related allowance. In this case, register also as an unemployed jobseeker at the
TE-office. Your right to receive an allowance will be decided on the
grounds of your application. Our customer service will help you if you have any
questions about applying. The easiest way to contact us is by sending a message
through our Openetti-service. We will respond to messages in three working
days.