KOKO’s website homepage has been updated
Our website’s homepage was updated on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. The goal of the update is to make the homepage clearer and to make it easier to find the most important information.
If you get paid to act as a vote counter or election assistant, you will be paid an adjusted daily allowance
During county and municipal elections, many people work in important roles as vote counters or election officials. If you are getting an earnings-related daily allowance, please note that the remuneration you receive for these tasks may affect your daily allowance.
Members are satisfied with KOKO’s services – recommendation score remains high
The results of the latest customer satisfaction survey show that members value KOKO’s services highly. The overall score that customers gave to KOKO’s services on a scale of 1 to 6 was 5.34.
Tax cards become valid in January instead of February – Order a revised tax card for your allowance
The Tax Administration has changed the date when tax cards become valid, and as of 2025, tax cards are already valid on 1 January instead of 1 February.
Order a revised tax card for your allowance in MyTax to make sure that your tax rate is rightThe regular tax card...
Employee fringe benefits alone may count towards your employment condition and reduce your future daily allowance
If you earn at least 465 euros a month in wages or salaries, your earnings count towards the employment condition. This is important to keep in mind because the amount of your earnings-related daily allowance is determined by the wages and salaries from which your employment condition is accrued.
Increased components of allowances to be discontinued on 1 January 2025
The Finnish Government has proposed to discontinue the payment of the increased component of the earnings-related unemployment allowance to persons participating in employment-promoting services from 1 January 2025 onwards.
The membership fee for KOKO is 63 € in 2025
KOKO fund’s membership fee for 2025 is 63 euros, meaning the membership fee remains the same as in 2024.
How we serve you at KOKO
Did you become unemployed or were you temporarily laid off? Our job at KOKO is to help.
Unemployment security changes in September – see if the changes apply to you
The Unemployment Security Act has undergone many changes this year. In this article, we will explain what changed on 2 September 2024 and who will be affected by these changes.
Temporary processing delays for 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.
The following age-related exceptions to unemployment security continue to apply in the future
Due to changes in legislation in autumn 2024, a large part of age-related exceptions to unemployment security will be abolished. In this article, we explain age-related exceptions will still continue to apply.
Summary of legislative amendments to unemployment security in the autumn
There have been a number of amendments to the Unemployment Security Act during 2024, and more changes will follow already in the autumn. Below is the KOKO fund’s summary of the upcoming changes.