- Pay security
- Eligibility requirements for pay security
- Application due date
- Claims paid as pay security
- Pay security limitations
- Applying and processing of applications
- Payment of pay security and employer repayment obligation
- Appealing the pay security decision
- Accelerated pay security procedure of the bankruptcy estate
Application due date
The pay security application must be submitted within three (3) months of the claim due date.
Employee claims arising from an employment relationship are generally paid on a monthly basis and severance pay upon the termination of employment. Compensation for damage based on a law or agreement, which have no specific due date, shall be applied for within three months of the date on which the case has been ruled on in a final judgement or agreed on by a contract.
If the application has not been submitted by the due date, the claim cannot be paid as pay security.
Seaman's pay security application
The purpose of the Seamen's Pay Security Act is to ensure payment of claims arising from an employment relationship in the event of the employer's insolvency made by employees referred to in the Act on Employment Contracts for Seamen (756/2011).
- An application for payment of the claim in the form of pay security shall be submitted during the time the lien under maritime law as referred to in chapter 3(2) paragraph 1, of the Maritime Act (674/1994) is in force.
- In the case of an indemnity or compensation based on the law or a contract, but without a specific due date and not covered by a lien under maritime law as referred to in paragraph 1, the application for payment in the form of pay security shall be submitted within three months of the date when court ruling acquired legal force or of making a contract according to established labour market practice.
Related links
Legislation
- Pay Security Act 27.11.1998/866 (finlex.fi)
- Council of State Ordinance on Pay Security 22.12.2009/1276 (finlex.fi, in Finnish and Swedish)
- Seamen's Pay Security Act 15.12.2000/1108 (finlex.fi)
- Seafarers' Employment Contracts Act 756/2011 (finlex.fi)
- Maritime Act 674/1994 (finlex.fi, in Finnish and Swedish)
Links
- Electric applying (partially English, Local government e-service sahkoinenasiointi.ahtp.fi)
- How to apply for pay security (in English, Suomi.fi)
- Application for pay security A: employee (in English, pdf)
Register descriptions
- Data protection and register description of PATU pay security system (in Finnish, pdf)
- Data protection and register description of PATU pay security system (in Swedish, pdf)
- Register description of Gorilla debt recovery system (in Finnish, pdf)
- Register description of Gorilla debt recovery system (in Swedish, pdf)
Customer service
Telephone service
Monday - Friday 12:00 - 15:00
From Finland: 0295 020 020
International: +358 295 020 020
Call prices (in Finnish)
E-mail
palkkaturva.uusimaa@ely-keskus.fi
Postal address
Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Uusimaa / Pay security
PO Box 54
FI-00521 HELSINKI
FINLAND
Päivitetty: 07.03.2023