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As of April, the conditions for getting Kela benefits will change for persons coming to work in Finland or going abroad from Finland to work in another country. The change in law also affects posted employees and self-employed persons who go abroad to work in a third country.

Our updated booklets help you understand social insurance and earnings-related pensions in Finland and instructs you on how to apply for your earnings-related pension.

If you have worked or lived abroad, you may be entitled to a pension from that country. The booklet “How to Claim Your Pension from Abroad” guides you when you want to apply for your foreign pension.

Etk.fi will be temporarily out of use for approximately half an hour on Wednesday the 20th of February from 1 p.m.  We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Each year, the Finnish Centre for Pensions grants a Pro Gradu Award of €2,000 to a quality Master’s thesis accepted at a Finnish university in the previous calendar year.

Many of your questions can be solved easily and smoothly online. Our Customer Service serves you online through several different channels.

According to statistics of the Finnish Centre for Pensions, the number of new disability pension decisions grew considerably in 2018. At the same time, the share of rejected disability pension applications dropped for the first time in a decade.

The British MPs rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal in a vote on 15 January 2019. This does not mean, however, that Britain will exit from the bloc immediately, with no deal. Together with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and other authorities, the Finnish Centre for Pensions monitors the situation.

The gender gap in pensions in the EU countries is alarmingly wide, says Italian researcher Francesca Bettio. The attempts to solve this problem come with downsides.

The Nordic countries are famous for their gender equality. Nevertheless, women’s pensions lag behind men’s even here. A research conference to be held in May at the Finnish Centre for Pensions in Helsinki seeks for solutions to this problem. Senior Researcher Kati Kuitto tells us not to expect easy solutions.