Self-motivated study subsidised with an unemployment benefit
Municipality of Hollola
As a customer of the Päijät-Häme Employment Services, you may be entitled to an unemployment benefit, also known as unemployment security, for independent full-time studies. Independent studies mean taking part in education provided by an educational institution. Student selections should also be decided by the educational institution. In other words, the training is not provided by the Päijät-Häme Employment Services, and the provider does not select students as they do in labour market training.
An unemployment benefit society or the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) will pay you unemployment security for the duration of your studies, on the basis of a statement issued by the Päijät-Häme Employment Services, if the conditions laid down in the Unemployment Security Act are met. In other words, you must be a job seeker in the Päijät-Häme Employment Services. If a decision has been made to support your studies, you can receive daily unemployment allowance, labour market subsidy or an increase during your studies. You can receive support for studies for a maximum of two years. If the objective of the studies is to complete the basic education syllabus, the study module can be supported for a maximum of 48 months.
You have to be a full-time student. Studies are usually considered full-time when they aim at completing a degree, or usually also other studies, the extent of which is on average the minimum of 5 credits or 4.5 ECVET points a month, or 25 hours a week.
Please note that the decision on possible support should be received, in principle, before the studies commence, and support will not be granted for studies which have already started. However, applying for a student place will not affect your unemployment security. If the studies you have planned are not accepted as independent studies eligible for unemployment security, contact the Päijät-Häme Employment Services to check if you can complete short-term or part-time studies instead. They do not affect your unemployment security, if you are prepared to take on full-time work during your studies.
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When you are planning to study independently, contact a specialist of the Päijät-Häme Employment Services by submitting a contact request in the e-service, for example. You will have to agree on the studies in the employment plan drafted with the expert before the commencement of your studies. The specialist will assess your educational needs and the significance of studies for your employment.
You may receive unemployment security for studies you started earlier if at least a year has passed from the disruption of your studies, or if your studies started during a period when you received financial benefits paid by the employer, or if you started the studies as vocational labour market training.
When you receive a student place, ask the educational institution to fill in the form The education provider’s statement on planned studies. Fill in the form Arguments for a need of training, and submit the completed forms to the Päijät-Häme Employment Services. Once the Päijät-Häme Employment Services has received the forms, it makes a decision on supporting studies.
As a student receiving support, if necessary, you have to report to the Päijät-Häme Employment Services on the progress of your studies. If the Päijät-Häme Employment Services and the party paying the unemployment security do not receive the information they require, your entitlement to an unemployment security may expire, and you may have to pay back the security already paid to you.
Notify the Päijät-Häme Employment Services of the temporary discontinuation of studies. Notify as soon as possible, as you will be spending your support time until you inform them of the interruption. Dropping out of studies requires a valid reason, such as long-term work, long-term sick leave or family leave. For example, a holiday period of the educational institution is not considered a valid reason. A specialist of the Päijät-Häme Employment Services will consider the validity of the reason you presented. Remember to inform the Päijät-Häme Employment Services also when your studies continue after a temporary break.
If you have been absent from your studies without an acceptable reason, you will no longer be entitled to unemployment security.
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When you are planning to study independently, contact a specialist of the Päijät-Häme Employment Services by submitting a contact request in the e-service, for example. You will have to agree on the studies in the employment plan drafted with the expert before the commencement of your studies. The specialist will assess your educational needs and the significance of studies for your employment.
You may receive unemployment security for studies you started earlier if at least a year has passed from the disruption of your studies, or if your studies started during a period when you received financial benefits paid by the employer, or if you started the studies as vocational labour market training.
When you receive a student place, ask the educational institution to fill in the form The education provider’s statement on planned studies. Fill in the form Arguments for a need of training, and submit the completed forms to the Päijät-Häme Employment Services. Once the Päijät-Häme Employment Services has received the forms, it makes a decision on supporting studies.
As a student receiving support, if necessary, you have to report to the Päijät-Häme Employment Services on the progress of your studies. If the Päijät-Häme Employment Services and the party paying the unemployment security do not receive the information they require, your entitlement to an unemployment security may expire, and you may have to pay back the security already paid to you.
Notify the Päijät-Häme Employment Services of the temporary discontinuation of studies. Notify as soon as possible, as you will be spending your support time until you inform them of the interruption. Dropping out of studies requires a valid reason, such as long-term work, long-term sick leave or family leave. For example, a holiday period of the educational institution is not considered a valid reason. A specialist of the Päijät-Häme Employment Services will consider the validity of the reason you presented. Remember to inform the Päijät-Häme Employment Services also when your studies continue after a temporary break.
If you have been absent from your studies without an acceptable reason, you will no longer be entitled to unemployment security.
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