Additional training grants on the table for those made redundant
Organisations debate on extent of compensation
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A larger than usual daily unemployment benefit awaits those made redundant if they engage themselves promptly in getting further training.
Even employers seem willing to comply with this wage earners' request, which is linked to this year's incomes policy negotiations.
The terms and the amount of the forthcoming compensation are nevertheless still being haggled over.
For those made redundant, the labour organisations representing wage-earners have demanded the so-called relocation benefit, provided that the person being terminated agrees to take part in a re-employment programme for the purpose of updating his or her professional skills.
The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) is calling for a maximum compensation of 90 percent of the person's salary, when combining the relocation benefit with the regular unemployment benefit.
According to information received by Helsingin Sanomat, the employers' side also agrees that those further educating themselves should receive a higher per diem allowance than those staying at home.
The employers, however, would cap the combined benefit package at slightly more than 70 percent of the person's previous salary.
The smaller the salary, the narrower the gap between the compensation and the former salary.
The employers would set the same strict conditions to who is eligible for the new compensation that apply now to a person being entitled to the maximum raised daily allowance tied to the level of earnings.
These conditions require that the person has 20 years of work experience, and he or she should have been a member of an unemployment benefit society for a minimum of five years.
The wage earners' side resent such conditions.
Furthermore, SAK calls for a paid "relocation leave" during the period of notice, whereas the employers feel those made redundant should brush up their education on their own time.
Helsingin Sanomat
