- 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
- Work permit policy
Claims paid as pay security
All claims arising from an employment relationship that the employer would otherwise be obligated to pay to its employees may be paid as pay security.
The following claims may be paid as pay security:
- actual pay (monthly pay, hourly pay, contract pay or commissions)
- holiday pay and compensation
- end-of-holiday pay
- compensation for shortened working time (days off in lieu of shorter working hours)
- pay during the period of notice
- waiting period pay
- tool and travel expenses
- daily allowance
- compensation for damage based on an employment relationship
- working time bank claim.
This list is not exhaustive. Where claims other than those mentioned above are concerned, the preconditions for the payment shall be decided on a case by case basis.
Legislation
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)
FORMS
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)
Pay security - customer service
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
[email protected]
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