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Employer, YTK helps your employees

Membership in YTK helps every employee to adapt to the twists and turns of working life and to unexpected situations. As an employer, you also benefit from having your employees as members of the YTK. Find out how you can benefit from our expertise in other ways too!

Membership in the YTK is worthwhile

It is worth talking to employees about joining the unemployment fund at the beginning of their employment. Especially for young people and those who have moved to Finland from abroad, unemployment funds are often a foreign concept. Knowing about unemployment fund membership in good time can save your employees’ livelihoods in unexpected situations.

You cannot become a member of the unemployment fund when you are unemployed. That’s why it’s important to anticipate and join when you’re employed. There are conditions linked to the length of membership and employment for receiving the daily allowance. It is often too late to join when the end of work is in sight, so it is worth joining as early as possible. Talking about joining the fund is not a scare about the end of employment, it is a concern for the future of your employees.

The benefits of membership

• The earnings-related daily allowance paid by the Fund can be up to twice as much as the basic daily allowance paid by Kela.
• A member of the unemployment fund can apply for a mobility allowance if the new job is further away from home.
• The unemployment fund also pays out a transition security allowance to help unemployed people aged 55 and over to find work.
• When you are a member of YTK Worklife in addition to the YTK Fund, you will have free access to Eduhouse’s comprehensive online training library. Skills development for your employees is quick and easy with real-time distance learning, recordings and pre-defined learning paths.
• A member of YTK Worklife also has access to the Lakikaveri service, where they can get legal help if they need it, for example to go through their employment contract. This is also good for you: avoiding ambiguities and disputes when things are agreed in writing and as clearly as possible.

Becoming a member

Here’s what to do to get your employee a YTK membership

You cannot become a member of the YTK Unemployment Fund or YTK Worklife on behalf of another person. So tell your employee about the opportunity and ask them to join themselves. When your employee receives their membership invoice from us, they can forward it to you for payment.

Information on income security – Order an info session!

We provide workplaces with comprehensive information on what to do in the event of lay-offs or unemployment. These are useful events to organise, for example, in the context of change negotiations. The sessions are usually held remotely, for example in Teams, but where possible we can also come to your premises. Information can be provided in Finnish, Swedish or English. Contact us and we will talk more: tt-info(a)ytkkassa.fi

Ask us for an expert article

We at the YTK have over 530 000 members – practically one in four employees is a member. Through our member surveys, among other things, we have a wealth of knowledge and understanding on a wide range of labour issues. Would this be useful for you? Ask us for expert articles for your blog or newsletter: elina.andersson-finne(a)ytkkassa.fi / ilona.kangas(a)ytkkassa.fi.

Examples of topics:

• Getting on in working life
• Coping with the changing world of work and how to prepare for it
• Economic preparedness
• Work life skills

A smoother working life through compromise

The YTK Worklife Lakikaveri service helps nearly 300 000 Finnish employees with employment problems. Every year, we resolve more than 20 000 employment disputes. That’s why we have a great understanding of how to avoid disputes in working life.

We offer companies, employers and HR professionals our lessons on how to avoid unnecessary employment disputes. Topics include employment contracts, termination agreements and the importance of transparency and communication.