Earnings-based unemployment allowance to drop noticeably in September

THE EARNINGS-BASED unemployment allowance will decrease significantly in Finland on 1 September.

Helsingin Sanomat reported earlier this week that starting next month the allowance will decrease gradually as the period of unemployment continues, to about 80 per cent of the initial level at the eight-week mark and to about 75 per cent of the initial level at the eight-month mark.