How does child home care allowance affect my daily allowance? Can I receive an earnings-related daily allowance and a child home care allowance simultaneously?

If you are paid a child home care allowance, this will be deducted from your earnings-related daily allowance. If your spouse is in part-time employment, is studying, or is an entrepreneur, any child home care allowance paid to him/her will be deducted from your daily allowance.

However, a child home care allowance paid to your spouse will not be deducted from your earnings-related daily allowance if:

  • your spouse cares for the child(ren) himself/herself without receiving a daily allowance,
  • your spouse is unemployed, because in that case the deduction will be made from his/her daily allowance,
  • your spouse is being paid a maternity, paternity, or parental allowance in addition to the child home care allowance.

If your family is receiving a child home care allowance, you must support a report on the child home care allowance along with a copy of the Kela decision to the KOKO unemployment fund.

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