Pay subsidies

Salary support is financial support for the employer for the wage costs of an unemployed job seeker. Financial support can be granted to employers if the person to be hired is unemployed or the person's disability or illness makes it difficult to find employment on the open labor market. Wage support is granted if the valid conditions are met and within the budget.

The 2025 employment appropriations for wage support have been used, so it is not possible to grant support. The next time the allocation situation will be reviewed in August 2025 and the situation will be announced on the employment area's website and social media channels.

The purpose of subsidized work is to promote the employment of an unemployed jobseeker in the open labor market and to improve his professional skills. Wage support also promotes the opportunities of those with reduced work ability and those who have reached the age of 60 and have been unemployed for a long time to get a job and participate in working life. Support is granted and paid to the employer, but its granting is always based on the unemployed job seeker's need for services.

Wage support can be granted

for an indefinite full-time employment relationship
to a temporary full-time employment relationship
for apprenticeship training
to a part-time employment relationship, if the support grantor considers the support appropriate and the support promotes the job seeker's chances of employment.

We evaluate whether wage support is the most appropriate way to promote the employment of an unemployed job seeker. Duration and amount of each support period. Information about wage support is recorded in the unemployed jobseeker's employment plan.

The length of the wage subsidy period is affected, for example, by the duration of unemployment of the hired person and the effect of reduced work ability on work performance. Support is usually granted for five or ten months. Support is granted for a maximum of the duration of the employment relationship. Support can be granted for hiring a long-term unemployed person who has reached the age of 60 for a maximum of 24 months at a time.

The amount of the wage subsidy is usually 50 percent of the wage costs incurred by the employee. The amount of support granted for hiring the able-bodied at a reduced rate is 70 percent of salary costs. For an association, foundation or registered religious community, the amount of support can be 100 percent of salary costs.

Wage support can be applied for by a company, municipality, joint municipality or welfare area or other entity, such as an association, foundation, registered religious community or congregation.

Support cannot be granted for an employment relationship that has already started before the decision to grant support has been made. The exception to this is the granting of a new support period, when the period starts immediately after the end of the previous support period.

As an employer, you undertake to pay an employee hired with support at least the salary according to the collective agreement applicable to the employment relationship, or a standard and reasonable salary if there is no applicable collective agreement. Wage support is not granted if the salary of the person hired with the support is determined solely based on the result of the work.

Support will not be granted if

the support distorts competition in relation to others offering the same products or services
the employer has essentially neglected his obligation to pay wages or his obligations to pay taxes or statutory payments
the organization you represent is a company in difficulty as referred to in the EU's general block exemption regulation for state aid or it is subject to an unpaid recovery order based on a decision of the European Commission, in which the aid has been declared illegal or unsuitable for the internal market.

It is possible to receive support regardless of dismissals or layoffs, when the number of employed employees at the time of applying for wage support is at least as large as the number of employees at the time of dismissal or layoff. The support must not weaken the position of your employees.

If the person employed with support transfers to another employer during the wage subsidy period due to the transfer of the business, the merger or division of the company, or the merger of the companies, the wage subsidy can be granted to the employer receiving the employee for the period that is left of the duration of the wage subsidy period granted to the transferring employer. The receiving employer must submit an application for wage support to the labor authority within one month of the transfer of the person employed with the support to the service of the transferee or the receiving community.

Apply for support well in advance of starting the employment relationship. The employment relationship can only start when a decision on support has been made.

If you apply for an extension of the wage subsidy, submit an extension application before the start of the new subsidy period. The employment relationship must continue immediately after the end of the previous support period.

The granted wage subsidy is paid in retrospect so that the payment period includes the wage payment periods that ended during one calendar month. You can apply for payment support for several payment periods. However, support is paid in payment periods.

Submit the payment application to us within three months of the end of the calendar month during which the last payment period included in the support period ends. The support period is the period specified in the decision as the duration of the support.

Apply for support and its payment in Työmarkkinatori's transaction service

Apply for support and its payment using an electronic form In the electronic transaction service of the job market. Log in to the transaction service with your personal bank identifier, mobile certificate or certificate card.

Fill out the application in the transaction service and add the necessary attachments to it. The service's internal instructions help you fill out the application. In the customer service, you can submit an application, respond to supplemental requests regarding the application, complete your application, and receive decisions regarding your case.

An authorized person can submit an application in the transaction service. Persons who have an existing authority to handle matters or a right based on register information can act on behalf of the organization without a separate authorization. The transaction service checks the person's transaction right when logging in.

The power of attorney used for support is called applying for Salary support.

In addition to authorization, the use of the transaction service requires corporate customers to have a Y ID.

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From the beginning of 2025, the Northern Central Finland employment area will offer a statutory labor service in Hankasalmi, Kannonkoski, Karstula, Kinnula, Kivijärvi, Konnevede, Kyyjärvi, Laukaa, Pihtiputaa, Saarijärvi, Uuraini, Viitasaari and Äänekoski.

Work and business services (Northern Central Finland employment area)

Contact information and current affairs

The Northern Central Finland employment area serves job seekers and employers from January 1.1.2025, 31.12.2024. TE offices and municipal trials will cease on December XNUMX, XNUMX. You can get the service by appointment from your own municipality. The contact person and place of business for jobseekers and business customers may change in connection with the change. Contact us and we will guide you forward!

Employers and companies

Our core task in the Northern Central Finland employment area is agile job placement. We serve companies and organizations operating in the region in matters related to recruitment. As an employer, you can get free advice and help from us to fill a vacant position, as well as information about job seekers in the field and the labor market situation. We guide and advise companies in other business-related situations together with the vital energy operators of our region's municipalities.

Job seekers

As a customer of the North Central Finland Employment Area, you will receive help and support for your employment as well as information about job openings, training and other opportunities. The North Central Finland Employment Area will provide employment services from 1.1.2025 January XNUMX to residents of Äänekoski, Hankasalmi, Kannonkoski, Karstula, Kinnula, Kivijärvi, Konnevesi, Kyyjärvi, Laukaa, Pihtiputa, Saarijärvi, Uurainen and Viitasaari.

Labor market square

At Työmarkkinatori you can find information content, services and open jobs related to working life. Log in and create a job search profile or job advertisement.

Registering as a job seeker

If you become unemployed or are laid off, register as a job seeker as soon as possible in Työmarkkinatorit's Asioina. In addition, job seekers can search for jobs and employers can search for employees on Työmarkkinatori.

Immigrant job seekers

Jobseekers who have immigrated to the employment area have access to all jobseeker services, and in addition, we offer targeted services, such as integration training and social orientation. By registering as a job seeker, you start your job search and customer service in employment services. We assess what kind of integration and employment support services you need.

Frequently asked Questions

From January 1.1.2025, 13, TE services will be transferred to the municipalities and the state's employment and business offices, i.e. TE offices, will be abolished. Labor force services will become part of the municipalities' basic services. The North-Central Finland employment area serves the residents and businesses of XNUMX municipalities, the responsible municipality is the city of Äänekoski. Here are frequently asked questions and answers.

Find jobs

Vacancies are offered by several different operators. Vacancies can be found at Työmarkkinatori, on companies' own websites, social media channels, and personnel and recruitment companies. The main task of the employment area is job placement.

Northern Central Finland's employment area

We offer a statutory job placement service in the region of North Central Finland for residents and businesses in the municipalities of Hankasalmi, Kannonkoski, Karstula, Kinnula, Kivijärvi, Konnevede, Kyyjärvi, Laukaa, Pihtiputaa, Saarijärvi, Uuraini, Viitasaari and Äänekoski.

Invoicing instructions for the employment area

The Northern Central Finland employment area primarily receives invoices electronically as e-invoices. In all invoices addressed to the Northern Central Finland employment area, the customer's name or unit must be mentioned as reference information.

Event calendar of the employment area

Here you can find the events of the Northern Central Finland employment area.

Employment area brochures and other printable materials

Here you will find employment area brochures to print and share.

Familiarize yourself with the terms!

Job centre, employment office or employment district? Dear child, there are many names, but who are we really, who do the employment services we provide affect, and what should we be called? Are we a job centre, an employment office, a former TE office, or something else entirely?