[EQ] Characteristics of the Social Security System in Finland

Characteristics of the Social Security System in Finland

Finland - Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 2007

 

Website: http://www.stm.fi/Resource.phx/publishing/documents/13514/index.htx

PDF file [36p].at: http://www.stm.fi/Resource.phx/publishing/store/2007/11/aa1197637712844/passthru.pdf

 

“…The Finnish social security system consists of benefifits based on residence and employment. All persons permanently resident in Finland are covered for pensions, healthcare services and health insurance, parental allowances and family benefifits. Further conditions are attached to the award of some benefifi ts to persons resident in the country, relating mainly to duration of residence. The earnings-related pension scheme and accident and occupational disease insurance are areas of social security based exclusively on employment…………….”

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Content:

Branches of Social Security

Sickness benefifits, maternity benefifits and corresponding paternity benefifits

Employment accidents and occupational diseases

Death grant

Disability pensions

Old-age pensions and survivors’ pensions

Unemployment benefifits

Early retirement pension benefifits

Family benefifits

Other benefifits

Benefifits and payments in euro

 

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