Support for job-seekers

The TE Office helps with job-seeking

The purpose of the TE Office is to support you if you become unemployed. Among other things, the TE Office arranges various courses and services to increase your employability. You can find more information about the TE Office and the services they provide on their website.

Services promoting employment

If you take part in a service promoting employment arranged by the TE Office, you will receive a higher rate of daily allowance from the days you attend e.g. TE Office courses. In most cases you will also be able to claim expenses. Expenses cannot be claimed for e.g. attending courses that you arrange independently of the TE Office (i.e. self-directed study).

You can claim unemployment benefits during your participation in the TE Office’s employability services even if you are subject to a cooling off period or personal liability contribution.

Services promoting employment include:

• Training in job-seeking
• Career training
• Work trials
• Rehabilitative work activities
• Labour market training
• Self-directed study
• Self-study included as part of integration training required by the Finnish State

The higher rate of earnings-related allowance depends on your daily allowance.

Daily expenses can be claimed at a rate of EUR 9 per day (i.e. approx. EUR 194 per month). The higher rate of daily expenses can be claimed at a rate of EUR 18 per day (i.e. approx. EUR 387 per month). The higher rate of the daily expense allowance is paid when the participation in the service promoting employment requires you to travel beyond the area in which you work or when the service is provided by a municipality other than your local one and you have to pay for accommodation. The expense allowance is non-taxable income.