Unemployment Rauno Halme was waiting for unemployment maintenance for nearly five months: it Was distressing, not knowing whether the money or not – thousands of companions in fate

Not guessed from espoo a truck driver Rauno Halme my knee hurt in that accident will eventually lead to unemployment and months sustainable paper war and pong on unemployment compensation to get.

– I signed up for the (TE-office) 10. April and the money comes to the account first of September. Almost five months, Halme add will.

It is very much longer than usually. YOU-office treatment applications are usually well under a month, some even a day.

the Earnings-related take care of the unemployment fund are rivakoita and reel in the basic daily allowance and labour market support solutions are generated quickly. A third of them decided on the same day and 95% in less than a month.

2 700 long-term waiting hands

But: always does not go smoothly. The unemployed are paid unemployment compensation to the worst case last for several months the submission of the application.

Almost 2 700 unemployed people have been forced this year to wait for the compensation decision at least three months. Fair thousand decision is expected for at least four months or over. Mainly compensation decisions are born less than a week.

Lasse Isokangas / Yle

the Basic daily allowance and labour market support solutions generated by the coil in a 99-percent in less than two months, the average footing for about a week. More than 8 000 the solution is to take Reel time in more than two months.

Halme, therefore, was the exception, but not the only one. More than one thousand compensation claims have been the coil of the decision in the stroller on top of the four months this year.

– yes, it is Not anything nice to be you. I don't recommend it. I don't understand how some people say that there country and spit on the ceiling. Yes it was pretty distressing, when you don't know whether money or not, and because get. And always it stretches and stretches and stretches, Halme huff.

the Emergency occurs

– Feedback comes out of the emergency, which for our clients is, if treatment is unduly delayed, said a lawyer Teija Hautera the Finnish social security from Kela.

Coil Teija Hauteran according to the compensation decision odottelija can apply for income support, if the decision stretches. Päivi Leppänen / Yle

– the Customer's own livelihood and his family's livelihood may be in danger. Yes, it turns out these feedback, Hautera said.

executive director Jukka Haapakoski the Unemployed the central organization of calls in support of delay and a human tragedy.

the Decision while waiting you have to get income support or resort to parents or friends support or the so-called. quick loans in.

– short-term loans are commonly used if the aid will be delayed. Support delay might then arise long debt traps, that go into foreclosure if the short-term loans, could not afford to pay back, reminiscent of aspen on.

compensation for the fight

Halme compensation battle began last winter, when he hurt his knee in a work-accident.

Its treatment of stretch, and then the employer was of the opinion that no ongoing employment relationship and I came ultimately to the same conclusion, because treatment get difficult.

Difficult also went to compensation search. Halme, according to the TE office asked two times new clearances, the Reel once again and it still had the alliance to deliver three different explanations.

My viivästyksensä compensation decisions brought to the clerk of the summer. The papers were waiting for the holidays to end.

Four key factors

solutions delays is the Coil according to generally four main reasons: change in requirements adjustment decisions take time, the necessary information is missing, YOU-the office of the exposition's been waiting for and, in many cases information has had to dig very, very long time.

– in some of the cases benefit the matter has been up to over the years, and it's taken longer than usual period of time, Hautera said.

aspen on according to the delays can also be caused by human error.

Jukka haapakoski, the support of delay may arise in the long debt traps unemployed. Terhi Liimu / Yle

– for Example, the TE office will not have recorded things that have been agreed. In general also the diploma of the receivables may stretch and graduates of benefits may be delayed because of it, Haapakoski said.

aspen touch, according to the different complaint process you are prolonging the decisions, and if the applicant's background has a number of jobs, so time is spent on the old salary certificates and work tasks to scrape together to many places.

savings of flame

Halme had of course to eat and pay bills also during the time when the compensation papers revolve around the bureaucracy of the decision of the grinder. Income support should apply as early as June and to request a postponement of payment of rent.

– saving flame go. I bought mainly just food and I ate less. I have when you can afford to be a little bit on a diet, I will say this, Halme says with a laugh and glances at his stomach.

Rauno Halme fish and pick mushrooms, when unemployment benefit applications stuck in bureaucracy.Pekka Pantsu/ YLE

I Saw that. Then, of course, was independent of food acquisition. I went to the mushroom and fish. It was in the same mental thing, when you do something active in the supply of food to the front. Smoker for fish and made them more.

income support to save

If the unemployment benefit application processing delays so that the Coil can apply for income support. Its basic components was living alone for the eur 497 per month in 2018.

I Consider myself pretty good as do the bureaucrats with, but this time ran to me.

truck driver Rauno Halme

It is the last-resort support, which guarantees a minimum income to the client and his family, Hautera said.

Reel pay the basic income support of last year's 716 million.

Fix it

in the End Halme application for compensation had toured all the necessary parties and green had been hinted at enough. Round was enlightening also halme for, even though he wasn't the first time dealing with a labor and reimbursement authorities with.

I Consider myself at least pretty good, as do bureaucrats, but this time run by me, Halme says with a laugh.

the compensation rumba and the statement of delivery many times, in many of the diamond producing Halme mind, however, the fixation of the proposal to the current system.

I think it would be good if the dismissed employee should immediately package, which would be all the compensation necessary attachments. The employer would turn them even at the request of dismissal.

minister of Labour Timo Magpie suggested that more than 50-year-olds access to work to facilitate the "experience advantage".Magazine wishes Harakkaan

Halmeella itself goes much better now than in the summer. Compensation roller, and at work I would head to.

Yes, I'm now holding my own in this. The job search is on all the time, but in this sport there is a silver ranked of shared. I trust that I am strong, when I get to the interview. I am a strong professional and know how to deal with a variety of machines.

– If you look at just the papers, then the age of the press badly and whittle down its basis. When 60 became full, it feels a little bother, but yes I'm trying to at least, Halme said.

He set the hopes of also minister of labour Timo Harakkaan (sd.), which has flash been over fifty for job seekers "kokemusetu to" facilitate access to employment.

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