Preconditions for receiving mobility allowance

Right to earnings-related daily allowance

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Your unemployment fund will assess your right to earnings-related allowance based on your earnings-related allowance application. If you have not received earnings-related allowance before the start of your new employment or work-related training, please send us your earnings-related allowance application and your mobility allowance application. See Applying for earnings-related allowance.

Claiming earnings-related allowance requires that your job search for full-time work is valid at the TE Office.

You can receive mobility allowance if you are paid earnings-related daily allowance immediately before the start of employment or training entitling you to the allowance. If you start employment on Monday, it is sufficient if earnings-related allowance is paid to you for the preceding Friday.

You are also entitled to mobility allowance if the payment of earnings-related allowance is prevented immediately before the start of employment or training due to

• a suspension period set by the Employment and Economic Development Office during which you are not entitled to unemployment benefit,
• an obligation to work set by the Employment and Economic Development Office, or
• a waiting period set at the beginning of a maximum payment period of earnings-related allowance, or
• a restriction related to vocational education and training for people under 25.

If the payment of daily allowance is prevented immediately before the start of employment for any other reason, then you are not entitled to mobility allowance.

Receiving earnings-related daily allowance during the term of employment is not a precondition for granting mobility allowance.

Employment lasting a minimum of two months

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You can receive mobility allowance if the employment or public service relationship will last a minimum of two months.

The duration of mobility allowance is determined by the term of employment known at the start of employment. The duration of the allowance period is fixed.

Work-related training

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Mobility allowance can also be paid for training that is related to employment, if

• the training is related to an employment relationship that will last at least 2 months
• the travelling time to and from training is at least 3 hours per day when employment starting after training is full-time work, or at least 2 hours per day when employment starting after training is part-time work.

Training may be organised by the employer or acquired from elsewhere. The training must be related to employment that starts after the training for you to receive mobility allowance on the basis of the training. Independent study and self-directed acquisition of qualifications do not entitle you to mobility allowance.

Travelling time to and from work

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The precondition for receiving mobility allowance is that when the employment or work-related training starts, the daily travel is longer than

• an average of 3 hours for full-time work/training related to full-time work
• an average of 2 hours for part-time work/training related to part-time work

You will retain your right to mobility allowance even if the travelling time changes during the term of employment or training.

Travelling time is calculated from your home address to your place of work or training. It also takes into account any waiting times when changing means of transport. Deviating from the fastest route due, for example, to taking a child to day care is not taken into consideration. The travelling time is calculated using the fastest possible public transport connection. If you have a car at your disposal, the travelling time is calculated based on the use of the car if commuting by car is faster than commuting by public transport.

If you move to another locality after employment or work-related training, the travelling time is calculated based on your actual residence before your move.