Haku
- Fess-haku
-
5.5.2026 | 1 (41) Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö Meritullinkatu 8, Helsinki | PL 33, 00023 Valtioneuvosto 0295 16001 | stm.fi | @STM_Uutiset Selvitys Työllisyysrahaston roolista suhdannepolitiikan toteuttamisessa Työryhmän raportti 2 (41) Sosiaali- ja tervey...https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/237412185/Selvitys%20Ty%C3%B6llisyysrahaston%20roolista%20suhdannepolitiikan%20toteuttamisessa.pdf/4bd4856b-a454-8a14-8807-99423a7cb98e?t=1777965569281
-
14.4.2026 | Sosiaaliturvakomitean arviointi- ja selvitysryhmä Selvitys yhdestä perusturvaetuudesta Näkökulmina rahoitus ja suhde ansioturvaan SOSIAALITURVAKOMITEAN JULKAISUJA 2026:1 Selvitys yhdestä perusturvaetuudesta Näkökulmina rahoitus ja suhde ansioturva...https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/110185332/Selvitys+yhdest%C3%A4+perusturvaetuudesta.pdf/810b1dc8-1ec0-bcfc-8ae9-cf7c309263e8?t=1776169230500
-
Hallituksen esitys eduskunnalle laeiksi työttömyysturvalain ja eräiden muiden lakien muuttamisesta ESITYKSEN PÄÄASIALLINEN SISÄLTÖ Esityksessä ehdotetaan muutettavaksi työttömyysturvalakia, työttömyysturvalain muuttamisesta annettua lakia, työvoim...https://stm.fi/delegate/file/135250
-
Statutory insurance A significant part of social security in Finland is provided through statutory insurances. This package is called social insurance. The insurance-based forms of social security include earnings-related pension, occupational acc...https://stm.fi/en/statutory-insurance
-
Insurance institutions In Finland, private insurance institutions handle both statutory and voluntary insurance. Operating in the insurance sector is subject to authorisation. The Government issues authorisation for statutory earnings-related pens...https://stm.fi/en/insurance-institutions
-
Unemployment security In brief Unemployment security consists of a general social security benefit and an earnings-related unemployment allowance. In order to be eligible for unemployment security, you must register with the employment authority a...https://stm.fi/en/income-security/unemployment
-
Social insurance contribution Contributions in 2017–2026 Table: Social insurance contributions, % of salary. Employers 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Health insurance all employers 1,08 0,86 0,77 1,34 1,53 1,34 1,53 1,16 1,87 1,...https://stm.fi/en/social-insurance-contribution
-
Insurance-related appeals A policy holder, who is unhappy with an insurance company's decision, should first take the matter up with a representative of their insurance company. Policy holders may request a statement from one of the following insu...https://stm.fi/en/insurance-related-appeals
-
Department for Insurance and Social Security The Department for Insurance and Social Security directs and steers insurance policy and is responsible for drafting social insurance and other insurance legislation. The Department handles issues that ...https://stm.fi/en/department-for-insurance-and-social-security-svo-
-
4.6.2026 | The Government is proposing a new type of integration assistance. The general social security benefit would be paid as integration assistance to immigrants registered as unemployed jobseekers who do not meet the prior work requirement or have lived in Finland for less than three years.https://stm.fi/en/-/new-integration-assistance-to-improve-incentives-to-work-and-strengthen-language-skills
-
23.2.2022 | Ansiotyön ja sosiaaliturvan yhteensovittaminen Sosiaaliturvakomitean ongelmaraportti SOSIAALITURVAKOMITEAN JULKAISUJA 2022:2 Ansiotyön ja sosiaaliturvan yhteensovittaminen Sosiaaliturvakomitean ongelmaraportti Sosiaaliturvakomitean työllisyyden ja...https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/110185332/Ansioty%C3%B6n+ja+sosiaaliturvan+yhteensovittaminen+ongelmaraportti.pdf/6d3eb0b0-3a39-d79c-7344-753acddb9335?t=1645602891180
-
Legislation concerning income security The Finnish Constitution guarantees the right of all people living in Finland to Adequate social and health services Basic income security Essential subsistence and care. There is a range of legislation gover...https://stm.fi/en/income-security/legislation
-
Finnish social security system The Finnish social security system includes benefits and support that protect people’s livelihoods, as well as the provision of health and social services and employment services. Social security provides income secu...https://stm.fi/en/finnish-social-security-system
-
The Ministry The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (MSAH) is one of the 12 ministries in the Government. The Ministry's tasks promote the good health and functional capacity of people promote healthy living and working environments secure suff...https://stm.fi/en/ministry
-
Appealing income security decisions The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health does not process requests for a review, objections or complaints. Instead, it drafts legislation on appeal boards and this way ensures the legal protection of people whe...https://stm.fi/en/income-security/appealing
-
Support and benefits The Finnish social protection system includes various forms of financial support and benefits designed to ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to take part in working life and society in general. Children and parentho...https://stm.fi/en/income-security/benefits
-
General social security benefit The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is preparing a general social security benefit. The benefit would include a basic allowance for living, an allowance for housing costs and a discretionary allowance as last-...https://stm.fi/en/general-social-security-benefit
-
Hallituksen esitys eduskunnalle laeiksi toimeentulotuesta annetun lain, sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon asiakastietojen käsittelystä annetun lain 64 §:n ja kuntouttavasta työtoiminnasta annetun lain 10 §:n muuttamisesta ESITYKSEN PÄÄASIALLINEN SISÄL...https://stm.fi/delegate/file/200705
-
Income security A central feature of welfare and social security is to provide support to people in vulnerable situations. Legislation » Legislation concerning income security. Finnish social security system » The Finnish social security system in...https://stm.fi/en/income-security
-
Earnings-related pension Earnings-related pension is paid to a person who has accrued pension according to his or her earnings either in an employment relationship or as an entrepreneur. The size of the earnings-related pension is determined accor...https://stm.fi/en/earnings-related-pension
-
Social security reform Social security will be reformed during the ongoing parliamentary term through government projects and the work of the Social Security Committee. The aim of the social security reform is to make the social security system sm...https://stm.fi/en/social-security-reform
-
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Minister of Social Security Karoliina Partanen The National Coalition Party Minister of Social Security Karoliina Partanen is responsible for matters covered by the Department for Insurance and Social Security...https://stm.fi/en/minister-of-social-security
-
Healthcare and social welfare system and responsibilities Finland’s healthcare and social welfare system is founded on public healthcare and social welfare services funded from tax revenue. Alongside the public sector, private companies provide he...https://stm.fi/en/pandemic-preparedness
-
Healthcare and social welfare system and responsibilities Finland’s healthcare and social welfare system is founded on public healthcare and social welfare services funded from tax revenue. Alongside the public sector, private companies provide he...https://stm.fi/en/social-and-health-services/responsible-agencies
-
Social assistance Shortly Social assistance is a last-resort form of social security that secures the essential livelihood for an individual or a family when they cannot support themselves with other income or assets. It is a means-tested benefit,...https://stm.fi/en/income-security/social-assistance
-
10.1.2023 | SOSIAALITURVAKOMITEAN JULKAISUJA 2023:1 Vaihtoehtoisten järjestämistapojen selvitystyöryhmä Selvitys sosiaaliturvan vaihtoehtoisista järjestämistavoista Selvitys sosiaaliturvan vaihtoehtoisista järjestämistavoista Vaihtoehtoisten järjestämistapoje...https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/110185332/Selvitys+sosiaaliturvan+vaihtoehtoisista+j%C3%A4rjest%C3%A4mistavoista.pdf/0cc10c01-bb0b-f98f-c332-6a37d59f21e3?t=1673341003611
-
15.1.2026 | In the first stage, the general social security benefit will be a new social security benefit for unemployed jobseekers, replacing the existing labour market subsidy and basic unemployment allowance. The legislation on the general social security benefit is scheduled to enter into force on 1 May 2026.https://stm.fi/en/-/new-general-social-security-benefit-to-replace-labour-market-subsidy-and-basic-unemployment-allowance-as-from-1-may-2026
-
Social security and services for people applying for and receiving international protection in Finland People applying for international protection leave their home countries for various reasons, for example, to escape war, persecution or insecuri...https://stm.fi/en/social-security-and-services-of-asylum-seekers-in-finland
-
Allmänt stöd Social- och hälsovårdsministeriet bereder ett allmänt stöd. Målet är att det ska finnas bara ett allmänt stöd som ska omfatta en grunddel för levnadskostnader, en del för boendet och en behovsprövad del som sistahandsskydd. Det allmän...https://stm.fi/sv/allmant-stod
-
15.1.2026 | The changes to be made to social assistance will, for example, strengthen the obligations of recipients to apply for full-time work and primary benefits. The overall reform of social assistance aims to clarify the role of social assistance as a last-resort and temporary form of assistance, prevent social exclusion among young people and strengthen general government finances.https://stm.fi/en/-/changes-to-social-assistance-to-take-effect-on-1-february-2026
-
5.1.2026 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health invites comments on the integration support. The comments should be submitted by 16 February 2026.https://stm.fi/en/-/comments-on-the-new-integration-support-are-requested
-
22.9.2025 | The Government has submitted a proposal to Parliament for an act on general social security benefit. In the first stage, the general social security benefit would be a new social security benefit for unemployed jobseekers, replacing labour market subsidy and basic unemployment allowance. The legislation concerning the general social security benefit is scheduled to enter into force on 1 May 2026.https://stm.fi/en/-/general-social-security-benefit-is-step-towards-simpler-social-security-system
-
22.9.2025 | The Government proposes a comprehensive reform of social assistance. The changes to be made would, for example, strengthen the obligations of recipients to apply for full-time work and primary benefits. The aim is to clarify the role of social assistance as a last-resort and temporary form of assistance, prevent social exclusion among young people and strengthen general government finances.https://stm.fi/en/-/comprehensive-reform-of-social-assistance-proceeds-to-parliament
-
22.9.2025 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has today published three memorandums assessing the combined impacts of the Government’s changes to social security during this parliamentary term. The memorandums focus particularly on the impacts of the comprehensive reform of social assistance.https://stm.fi/en/-/memorandums-assessing-combined-impacts-of-government-s-social-security-changes-now-published
-
22.9.2025 | The Finnish Government proposes EUR 14.8 billion in appropriations for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and its branch of government for 2026. This is about EUR 0.5 billion less than in the 2025 Budget.https://stm.fi/en/-/government-proposal-on-the-budget-proposal-for-the-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health-and-its-branch-of-government-for-2026
-
8.8.2025 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health proposes appropriations of EUR 14.8 billion for the Ministry and its branch of government for 2026. This is about EUR 475 million less than in the 2025 Budget. The funding of wellbeing services counties is not included in the appropriations for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and its branch of government. Instead, it falls under the main title of the Ministry of Finance.https://stm.fi/en/-/draft-budget-of-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health-and-its-branch-of-government-for-2026
-
22.2.2022 | Sosiaaliturvan valinnat ja perusperiaatteet Sosiaaliturvakomitean raportti SOSIAALITURVAKOMITEAN JULKAISUJA 2022:5 Sosiaaliturvan valinnat ja perusperiaatteet Sosiaaliturvakomitean raportti Sosiaaliturvakomitean tutkimus- ja arviointijaosto Sosiaa...https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/110185332/Sosiaaliturvan+valinnat+ja+perusperiaatteet+raportti.pdf/6f3214f9-d79d-33a8-d2c6-9f23639a47f5?t=1645534711705
-
23.2.2022 | Palvelujen ja etuuksien yhteensovittaminen Sosiaaliturvakomitean ongelmaraportti SOSIAALITURVAKOMITEAN JULKAISUJA 2022:4 Palvelujen ja etuuksien yhteensovittaminen Sosiaaliturvakomitean ongelmaraportti Sosiaaliturvakomitean työ- ja toimintakykyjao...https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/110185332/Palvelujen+ja+etuuksien+yhteensovittaminen+ongelmaraportti.pdf/fdf2fd1b-8bc2-38da-1ce5-33cc7221edbd?t=1645602557796
-
1.11.2023 | VA LT I O N E U V O S T O N J U L K A I S U J A 2 0 2 3 : 2 6 vn.fi Sosiaaliturvakomitean välimietintö Sosiaaliturvakomitea Sosiaaliturvakomitean välimietintö Sosiaaliturvakomitea Valtioneuvosto Helsinki 2023 Valtioneuvoston julkaisuja 2023:26 Val...https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/110185332/Sosiaaliturvakomitean+v%C3%A4limietint%C3%B6.pdf/db0f839c-deee-84ed-1ee3-99aa4e5f600d?t=1698844974615
-
18.4.2023 | VA LT I O N E U V O S T O N J U L K A I S U J A 2 0 2 3 : 2 6 vn.fi Sosiaaliturvakomitean välimietintö Sosiaaliturvakomitea Sosiaaliturvakomitean välimietintö Sosiaaliturvakomitea Valtioneuvosto Helsinki 2023 Valtioneuvoston julkaisuja 2023:26 Val...https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/34104054/sosiaaliturvakomitean_v%C3%A4limietint%C3%B6.pdf/f5e783c1-590f-e15b-4d55-5dee06096ea0?t=1681814707365
-
23.9.2024 | The two memorandums published on 23 September 2024 assess the combined impacts of the changes to income security that the Government is preparing or implementing for the years 2024–2025.https://stm.fi/en/-/assessment-of-combined-impacts-of-social-security-changes-now-ready
-
19.12.2019 | The age limit for the extension on unemployment benefit will rise by one year for those born in or after 1961. In future, unemployed persons born in or after 1961 will be entitled to extended unemployment allowance at the age of 62 instead of 61, as is currently the case.https://stm.fi/en/-/tyottomyysturvan-lisapaivaoikeuden-alaikaraja-nous-1
-
5.6.2020 | The proposal aims to strengthen the financial position of people in need of unemployment security in a situation where many have become unemployed or have been laid off.https://stm.fi/en/-/tyottomyysturvalain-valiaikaisia-muutoksia-tyontekijoiden-toimeentulon-vahvistamiseksi-esitetaan-jatkettavaksi
-
31.10.2025 | Healthcare and social welfare 2040 vision Views and proposals of Ministry of Social Affairs and Health officials regarding needs for changes to the healthcare and social welfare service system Permanent Secretary Veli-Mikko Niemi In “Healthcare an...https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/231157712/Sote2040%20eng.pdf/26d4c5df-a335-da30-7589-cd8e246e225a?t=1761917392011
-
20.5.2020 | The Government proposes a temporary increase in the exempt amount of the unemployment benefit. Eligibility for commuting and relocation allowance for full-time work would be amended temporarily by decreasing the distance required for daily commuting.https://stm.fi/en/-/hallitus-esittaa-tyottomyysetuuden-suojaosan-korottamista-ja-liikkuvuusavustuksen-ehtojen-valiaikaista-muuttamista
-
11.6.2020 | The exempt amount of the unemployment benefit will be temporarily raised. Eligibility for commuting and relocation allowance for full-time work will be temporarily amended by decreasing the distance required for daily commuting.https://stm.fi/en/-/tyottomyysetuuden-suojaosaa-korotetaan-ja-liikkuvuusavustuksen-ehtoja-muutetaan-valiaikaisesti
-
10.1.2023 | Different ways of organising social security have been examined as part of the preparation of the social security reform. The report on alternative ways of organising social security, which was made by a working group consisting of researchers and experts, was published on Tuesday 10 January 2023.https://stm.fi/en/-/report-on-alternative-ways-of-organising-social-security-published
-
25.11.2021 | The social security agreement between Finland and Japan will enter into force on 1 February 2022. Ville Skinnari, Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, and Takashi Murata, Japan’s Ambassador to Finland, exchanged notes on 25 November to bring the bilateral agreement into force. When the agreement enters into force, workers posted to a Contracting State will avoid double pension and unemployment insurance contributions.https://stm.fi/en/-/social-security-agreement-between-finland-and-japan-enters-into-force-on-1-february-2022-
-
Regeringens proposition till riksdagen med förslag till lagar om ändring av lagen om utkomstskydd för arbetslösa och av vissa andra lagar PROPOSITIONENS HUVUDSAKLIGA INNEHÅLL I denna proposition föreslås det att lagen om utkomstskydd för arbetslös...https://stm.fi/delegate/file/135249
-
9.10.2023 | The Finnish Government proposes about EUR 16.2 billion in appropriations for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and its administrative branch for 2024. This is slightly over EUR 134 million more than in the 2023 Budget. The increase is due to needs assessment changes in pensions, for example, and to the implementation of reforms set out in the Government Programme.https://stm.fi/en/-/2024-budget-proposal-for-the-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health-and-its-branch-of-government
-
5.6.2020 | The Government wants to secure the financing of unemployment benefits under the emergency conditions caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.https://stm.fi/en/-/hallitus-esittaa-valtion-osallistumista-lomautusajalta-maksettavien-ansiopaivarahojen-rahoitukseen
-
23.9.2019 | Ms. Aino-Kaisa Pekonen, Minister of Social Affairs and Health, and Mr. Takashi Murata, Japan's Ambassador to Finland, have signed a social security agreement between Finland and Japan in Helsinki on 23 September.https://stm.fi/en/-/suomen-ja-japanin-valille-tulossa-sosiaaliturvasopimus
-
19.11.2020 | The Government has presented a supplementary budget for 2021. The Government proposes an additional appropriation of EUR 135 million for the administrative branch of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, bringing the administrative branch’s total budget for 2021 to EUR 17.74 billion.https://stm.fi/en/-/additional-funds-for-wellbeing-at-work-unemployment-security-services-for-children-and-young-people-and-vaccine-research
-
16.11.2016 | The bilateral social security agreement between Finland and China will affect the social security of persons moving between these two countries. The agreement will enter into force on 1 February 2017. The agreement concerns pensions and unemployment benefits.https://stm.fi/en/-/kiinan-kanssa-tehty-sosiaaliturvasopimus-voimaan-helmikuun-alusta-2017
-
5.12.2025 | Country report: ECDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness Assessment for Finland, 2024 Under Article 8 of the Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 ASSESSMENT ECDC ASSESSMENT Country report: ECDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness Assessment for Finland, 20...https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/231157712/PHEPA_Finland_2024_FINAL.pdf/7ace601e-2c15-0fa6-1c14-0a0b6f1c6764?t=1764936378338
-
9.10.2020 | A People-centred Perspective on Employment Barriers and Policies FACES OF JOBLESSNESS IN FINLAND 2 This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of interna...https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/2013549/Finland+FOJ_FINAL+updated+9+October+2020.pdf/1b0913b3-5222-3e97-dd61-de4e33333e11?t=1602238273788
-
9.6.2020 | The Finnish Social Security Committee has compiled a list of the identified social security problems that need to be solved in the short or long term. The list includes the opinions of the Committee members and permanent experts as such. The Committee will seek a consensus over the expressed opinions at the later stages of the work.https://stm.fi/en/-/social-security-problems-fall-into-four-categories
-
14.8.2019 | MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND HEALTH stm.fi/en I @MSAH_News I #EU2019FI Social welfare and healthcare in Finland Finland’s constitution requires that public authorities, in addition to providing health services for all, promote peoples’ health. T...https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/14654750/Factsheet_SocialWelfareAndHealthCare_Finland.pdf/f99fee59-aac7-036f-d2b3-b4138532bead?t=1565784293000
-
Regeringens proposition till riksdagen med förslag till lagar om ändring av lagen om utkomststöd, 64 § i lagen om behandling av kunduppgifter inom social- och hälsovården och 10 § i lagen om arbetsverksamhet i rehabiliteringssyfte PROPOSITIONENS H...https://stm.fi/delegate/file/200704
-
4.2.2019 | Evaluation study about the Finnish basic income experiment is ongoing. Preliminary results to be published on Friday, 8 February 2019.https://stm.fi/en/-/perustulokokeilun-ensimmaiset-tulokset-julkaistaan-8-2-2019
-
29.11.2016 | The bilateral social security agreement between Finland and the Republic of Korea will affect the social security of persons moving between these two countries. The agreement will enter into force on 1 February 2017, and it concerns pensions and unemployment insurance.https://stm.fi/en/-/etela-korean-kanssa-tehty-sosiaaliturvasopimus-voimaan-helmikuun-alusta-2017
-
8.2.2019 | The basic income experiment did not increase the employment level of the participants in the first year of the experiment. However, at the end of the experiment the recipients of a basic income perceived their wellbeing as being better than did those in the control group. The results are to some extent preliminary, and it is not yet possible to draw any firm conclusions regarding the effects of the basic income experiment.https://stm.fi/en/-/perustulokokeilun-alustavat-tulokset-hyvinvointi-koettiin-paremmaksi-ensimmaisena-vuonna-ei-tyollisyysvaikutuksia
-
27.4.2018 | The ongoing Finnish basic income experiment will be continued according to plan until the end of 2018. Prime Minister Juha Sipilä's Government has decided that the universal basic income experiment is pi-loted in 2017–2018.https://stm.fi/en/-/suomen-perustulokokeilu-jatkuu-suunnitelmien-mukaisesti
-
9.11.2017 | The Finnish rehabilitation system works well in many cases, but fragmentation in the rehabilitation processes creates problems, according to a committee for reforming the rehabilitation services for restoring and maintaining functional and work capacity. Clients are not receiving the rehabilitation services they need at the right time or on an equal basis. Moreover, they do not have sufficient information about available services.https://stm.fi/en/-/kuntoutuksen-uudistamiskomitean-raportti-julkaistu
-
20.10.2016 | The Government proposes the implementation of a basic income experiment. The experiment would be carried out in 2017 and 2018, and its aim is to show whether basic income can be used to reform social security so that incentive traps relating to work are eliminated.https://stm.fi/en/-/lakiehdotus-perustulokokeilusta-eduskunnan-kasiteltavaksi
-
20.10.2016 | The Government decided at its session on 20 October to adopt a legislative proposal on a basic income experiment.https://stm.fi/en/-/ministeri-mattila-ja-vehvilainen-perustulokokeilu-avaa-tieta-2020-luvun-sosiaaliturvalle