Employment authorities may grant you discretionary expense allowance when you participate in a service that supports your employment as agreed in your employment plan or a plan replacing it. You can receive compensation from the employment authority if you incur inevitable costs for participating in a service and you do not receive unemployment security from Kela or an unemployment fund.
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If you are not entitled to unemployment security, discuss your possibility of receiving a discretionary expense allowance with your region’s employment authority. If you receive unemployment security, Kela or the unemployment fund will grant the expense allowance in connection with the payment of your unemployment security, and you do not have to apply for it separately.
Compensation can be paid retroactively for more than a month only for a particularly heavy reason. Expense allowance can be paid for a maximum period specified in the decision.
The expense allowance can be paid to a Finnish or foreign bank account and also to a prepaid card issued by a reception centre, if necessary. Notify your reception centre if you will receive an expense allowance.