Payment of earnings-related daily allowance in Sweden and Denmark requires membership in an unemployment fund just like in Finland. In Sweden and Denmark, you should immediately join an unemployment fund to continue your earnings-related unemployment security. Please contact the local unemployment fund for more information about joining and any conditions or deadlines for joining.
In the rest of the EU/EEA member states and Switzerland you will generally be insured through your work.
Acknowledging work in EU/EEA member states in the Finnish employment requirement
Upon returning to Finland, you can transfer insurance and employment periods from another EU/EEA member state, Switzerland or Britain using a U1 form. You can get the form from the labor authorities in the country where you worked. You should request the form before you leave the country.
Acknowledging work and insurance periods from another EU/EEA member state, Switzerland or Britain in the employment requirement for earnings-related daily allowance requires that you have:
- accumulated at least one employment requirement month from work in Finland before your unemployment and
- joined a Finnish unemployment fund within one month of when your unemployment insurance ceased in the last country you worked in.
The required minimum of one employment requirement month can also be accumulated by halves of employment requirement months.
The accumulation of one employment requirement month in Finland is not required if you are a so-called Nordic returnee, meaning your most recent job was in a Nordic country and you have either worked in Finland or received daily allowance for unemployment from Finland in the last 5 years. If this is the case, you have eight weeks to join a Finnish unemployment fund instead of one month. We recommend joining immediately.
If you are applying for unemployment benefits from another EU/EEA member state’s or Switzerland’s unemployment insurance, you will need a U1 form from Finland for the authorities abroad. You can ask for a U1 form from the Fund through the Fund’s E-service.