Side work while unemployed and adjusted unemployment benefit
You can do part-time work or gigs while unemployed, and your unemployment benefit is then paid as an adjusted benefit. Many people worry about losing their benefit, but even short-term work can raise your total income and open doors to a permanent job. In this guide you go through the rules and the notifications.
You will need
- The online service of your unemployment fund or Kela
- Payslips
- An employment contract or details of your working hours
- Contact with employment services
Steps
Understand the idea of adjustment
When you work while unemployed, your earnings reduce your unemployment benefit, but your total income usually goes up thanks to the work. You can find the current adjustment rules from your unemployment fund or on kela.fi.
Tell employment services about the work
Check whether the work is part-time
Report your pay correctly
Calculate the effect on your benefit
Consider part-time self-employment
Make use of the employment condition
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