27.3.2024

Phone service opening hours during easter

KOKO fund’s phone service is open on Thursday 28.3. from 10 till 14. On Friday 29.3. and Monday 1.4. the phone service is closed. Happy Easter!

19.3.2024

The €300 standard entitlement on work income is being abolished, and, going forward, the daily allowance of even small income earners will be adjusted

The daily allowance of people who receive unemployment allowance and earn an income (e.g., wages from part-time work, earnings from entrepreneurship, attendance fees) will be adjusted going forward. This means that any income you earn will affect the amount of daily allowance you receive.

15.3.2024

Child increases and standard entitlement will be abolished on April 1, 2024

At the beginning of April, two legislative changes that affect the amount of earnings-related allowance will come into effect. One of the changes affects recipients of the daily allowance who have children, and the other affects recipients of the daily allowance who also receive earned income alongside the allowance.

7.3.2024

The Finnish Government has proposed a law abolishing job alternation leave to Parliament

According to the Government’s proposal, the job alternation leave system would be abolished in such a way that new periods of alternation leave could be started until 31 July 2024.

26.2.2024

Are you wondering whether you will get compensation during a strike?

KOKO's customer service is currently handling matters related to the strike. Here are the answers to the most frequently asked questions regarding the topic

13.2.2024

The payment of child increases will end at the beginning of April

Due to the legislative amendment, child increments will no longer be paid for unemployment or lay-off days as of 1 April 2024. Until the end of March, the amount of the child increment is EUR 130–240 per month, depending on the number of children.

13.2.2024

Employment rate of KOKO members weakened in 2023

The employment rate of KOKO members weakened during 2023. During the year, the fund received a total of 102 503 earnings-related daily allowance applications, which is 12% more than in 2022, when 91 589 applications were received. A total of 14 336 first applications were received (2022: 8 278).

12.2.2024

Temporary delays in the processing of daily allowance applications

The processing of daily allowance applications is currently experiencing delays due to the high volume of submissions, which may result in longer processing times for receiving your daily allowance.

24.1.2024

The waiting period is now seven days — holiday compensation will be periodised

At the beginning of the year, two changes to unemployment security came into force; as a result, the right to earnings-related unemployment allowance begins later than before. If you have just become unemployed, or are about to become unemployed or laid off, here is what you need to know...

28.12.2023

Current issues concerning tax cards

The unemployment funds get the information on the new salary tax cards (valid from 1.2.) directly from the tax administration.

28.12.2023

Overview of KOKO fund’s services

This article explains our services in a nutshell.

28.12.2023

eService will be offline 21 December 2023 – 1 January 2024 due to the merger of the ETTK fund with KOKO

KOKO’s eService will be offline from 21 December 2023 to 1 January 2024, during which KOKO will be unable to accept daily allowance applications. The eService outage is due to work being done on systems as part of the merger of the two funds.