Latest news about Unemployment in The Nomad Today

Prime Minister Sanna Marin. Photo: Jussi Toivanen/Vnk/File photo.

Finland

LABOR FORCE SURVEY

Finland has 27,000 more unemployed than a year ago

The Nomad Today 12/22/20

The employment rate is now further away than a year ago from the target set by Prime Minister Sanna Marin at the beginning of her mandate.

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Finland

ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT

OECD: Finnish unemployment rate to remain high by end of 2022

The Nomad Today 12/10/20

The OECD warns of loss of competitiveness and requires reforms aimed at improving the "restrictive" market for products, the "highly selective" education system and the labor market.

Office of the Finnish Social Security Institution (Kela) in Espoo. Photo: © Foreigner.fi.

Finland

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

Kela advances due date to request December unemployment money

The Nomad Today 12/7/20

The social security institution recommends submitting the unemployment situation report to the electronic service as early as the morning of the report submission date, so that it can be processed…

Finland

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE STATISTICS

312,700 unemployed jobseekers

The Nomad Today 11/24/20

The number of long-term unemployed, that is those who had been unemployed without interruption for at least a year, amounted to 82,000, up 20,700 on the previous year .

Prime Minister Sanna Marin. Photo: Jussi Toivanen/Vnk.

Finland

LABOR FORCE SURVEY

Unemployment grew compared to a year ago, especially among women

The Nomad Today 11/24/20

The unemployment rate was 7.4% in October, having been 6.2% in the year before. In the last twelve months, the percentage of employed persons has moved further away from the…

Cafeteria Bar coffee bar tender entrepreneur by Maria Fernanda Perez

Finland

CORONAVIRUS

Unemployment benefit for employees and entrepreneurs extended

The Nomad Today 11/20/20

Laid-off employees have a temporary right to study full-time without an effect on their unemployment benefit. Entrepreneurs hit by the pandemic may receive labor market support until the end of…

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Finland

LABOR FORCE SURVEY

Unemployment increased by 45,000 people in the third quarter

The Nomad Today 10/20/20

The average unemployment rate was 7.7% in July to September, 1.6 percentage points higher than in the respective period of 2019.

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Finland

LABOUR MARKET

27% of working-age population has difficulties finding employment

The Nomad Today 10/8/20

Results indicate that health limitations, unsuccessful job search, and the availability of significant non-labour incomes are particularly prevalent in Finland, affecting 45%, 30% and 28% of the…

A supermarket in Espoo. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Finland

IN SEPTEMBER

Fear of unemployment worsens Finnish consumer confidence

The Nomad Today 9/28/20

There was also more personal threat of unemployment experienced by employed consumers.

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Finland

OFFICIAL FIGURES

Finland had 329,700 unemployed jobseekers at the end of August

The Nomad Today 9/22/20

The unemployment rate was 7.7%, or 1.6 percentage points higher than the previous year, according to the Labour Force Survey issued by Statistics Finland.

Finland

FEAR OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Consumer confidence in the economy weakened in August

The Nomad Today 8/28/20

People’s expectations concerning the development of the general employment situation weakened in August to an even gloomier level

Finland

GOVERNMENT FIGURES

Finland has 118,500 unemployed jobseekers more than a year ago

The Nomad Today 8/25/20

At the end of July, the number of people laid off was 100,000 in the whole country; a year-on-year increase of 83,900.

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Eurozone unemployment climbs to 7.8%

The Nomad Today 7/30/20

Finland remains slightly below the eurozone average.

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Finland

OFFICIAL FIGURES

Unemployment rose sharply in June

The Nomad Today 7/21/20

The number of unemployed jobseekers increased by 162,700 year-on-year. The unemployment rate was 7.9%, or 1.8 percentage points higher than the previous year.