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The adjusted daily allowance and the adjustment period’s pay combined can only be as much as the pay used as the basis for the daily allowance. If your income exceeds the pay used for the calculation of the daily allowance, the unemployment fund will pay the daily allowance so that the income for the period totals the pay used as the basis for the daily allowance.
Example
Your monthly pay used as basis for your daily allowance is €2250.00. Your full daily allowance is €65.47. Your part-time work pay per month is €2150.00.
The part-time work pay is compared to the pay used as the basis for the daily allowance without subtracting the standard entitlement of €300. No daily allowance remains to be paid.
Example
Your monthly pay used as basis for your daily allowance is €2,150. Your full daily allowance is €65.47. Your part-time work pay per month is €1,500.
The reducing effects of the part-time work is €759 (€1500 * 50%). The amount that reduces your daily allowance is €750 /21.5 = €34.88 /day, meaning that your daily allowance is €65.47 – €34.88 = €30.59/day. The adjusted daily allowance and the part-time work pay combined would be 21.5 days * €30.59 + €1,500 = €2,157.69, which is more than the monthly pay used as the basis for the daily allowance, €2,150/month.
Because the adjustment period pay and the adjusted daily allowance can only be as much as the pay used as the basis for the daily allowance, the pay used as the basis for the daily allowance of €2,150 will be subtracted by the part-time work pay of €1,500, meaning that during the month in question the adjusted daily allowance would be €650. The adjusted earnings-related unemployment allowance in proportion to the pay used as the basis for the daily allowance is €650 / 21.5 days = €30.23 per day.
The daily allowance paid by the unemployment fund must nevertheless be at least as much Kela’s basic unemployment allowance. In order for daily allowance to be paid, the amount to be paid must be a minimum of 50% of the basic unemployment allowance, that is, at least €18.61/month (€37.21 * 50%) in 2025.
Example
Your monthly pay used as basis for your daily allowance is €2,150. Your full daily allowance is €65.47. Your part-time work pay per month is €1,500.
The reducing effects of the part-time work is €750 (€1500 * 50%). The amount that reduces your daily allowance is €750 /21.5 = €34.88 /day, meaning that your daily allowance is €65.47 – €34.88 = €30.59/day. The adjusted daily allowance and the part-time work pay combined would be 21.5 days * €30.59 + €1,500 = €2,157.69, which is more than the monthly pay used as the basis for the daily allowance, €2,150/month.
Because the adjustment period pay and the adjusted daily allowance can only be as much as the pay used as the basis for the daily allowance, the pay used as the basis for the daily allowance of €2,150 will be subtracted by the part-time work pay of €1,500, meaning that during the month in question the adjusted daily allowance would be €650. The adjusted earnings-related unemployment allowance in proportion to the pay used as the basis for the daily allowance is €650 / 21.5 days = €30.23 per day.
The amount of calculated earnings-related unemployment allowance is compared to the amount you would receive from Kela as basic unemployment allowance: €37.21/day – €34.88/day = €2.33/day. The basic unemployment allowance would be smaller than what you get as earnings-related unemployment allowance, so during that month you will receive €30.23 as earnings-related unemployment allowance.