Termination of work contract

[myray]

Just wish to know what happens in a situation that one resigns from her job due to family ties.A friend of mine is about to resign from her job because she's married and her husband lives in another city.Will she be able to get benefits from kela? Please anyone with similar experiences could share.thanks

[Flossy1978]

If you quit your job in Finland, you do not get KELA money for what I believe use to be at least 3 months. If it is like this when you quit, then I assume the same if she resigned, of her own accord. If the company was offering resignation packages at the time, then she'd get whatever money is offered, or if she is a part of a union, get the 501 days of money. If it is neither of these things, she just resigned, aka quit, she gets nothing for some months.

[myray]

Thank you Flossy for your message.In this case she's part of a union PAM but she will be offering her resignation just because she wants to join her husband in another city.So we're just wondering if she'll get support or she'll have to wait for three months.

Thank you

[tavastia]

TE will decide a period she will not get any support from anyone, it does not matter she is member of union or not. The period without support can be anything from 1 month to 3 or more months.

[Flossy1978]

It won't matter if she is apart of PAU, because you've now written she is resigning of her own accord. Your friend has to resign, then talk to TE. On the rare occasion, an employer will accept a resignation with a pay out. I saw it happen at least once. But I think your friend needs to be pretty high up in the ranks to get that kind of offer.

She has to tell TE she basically quit her job. Why she did. Then it is up to the Government to decide when she will start getting paid. I am not sure how well KELA accepts resigning because of family ties. If there were abuse or something horrible like this, with proof, possibly the outcome would be more favourable.

Good luck.

[Honest]

It's not only resignation, you are banned from benefits for a couple of months if you are responsible for losing your job. It can be resignation, misconduct or any other reason.

[betelgeuse]

Thank you Flossy for your message.In this case she's part of a union PAM but she will be offering her resignation just because she wants to join her husband in another city.So we're just wondering if she'll get support or she'll have to wait for three months.

Honest and Flossy1978 are not aware that there's an exception if you move to be with your husband.

http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2 ... 1290#L2aP3

2) muuttaakseen viikon kuluessa eroamisesta lukien toiselle paikkakunnalle, jossa hänen puolisollaan on toimeentulon turvaava pysyväisluontoinen työ tai yritystoimintaa, edellyttäen, että työpaikka sijaitsee uuden asuinpaikan mukaan määräytyvän työssäkäyntialueen ulkopuolella tai henkilön päivittäisen työmatkan kesto ylittää muuton jälkeen kokoaikatyössä keskimäärin kolme tuntia ja osa-aikatyössä keskimäärin kaksi tuntia;

Conditions:

• must move within one week of resignation
• spouse must have a permanent job or be an entrepreneur
• new city must be more than 80 km away or it just take on average more than three hours daily to commute (two hours for part time job)

[myray]

Thanks Betelgeuse for your clarification.My friends husband is on a permanent job And she has already given her resignation letter to her boss.The job is a cleaning job.she has already made a change of address in the maistraatti.We hope things work well and she gets the benefit as soon as possible from te-office

[Pursuivant]

Ob.nitpick, it says "other half" so as in any "spouse".