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Pensions remain at the top of the list of citizens’ concerns in Europe, but unemployment security and family policy have attracted growing focus in the wake of the financial crisis. These shifts in public opinion are highlighted in a new study by the Finnish Centre for Pensions.

Each year, the Finnish Centre for Pensions grants a Pro Gradu Award to a distinguished Master’s thesis. Could your thesis be the next winner of the 2,000 euro award?

The application of EU regulations on posted workers to Britain will change as the transition period ends. As of 1 January 2021, posted workers will be subject to the regulations of the withdrawal agreement.

The tasks of the Finnish Centre for Pensions are extended regarding exemption procedures from applicable law in situations that comply with the EU regulations on social security and social security agreements. In the future, the Finnish Centre for Pensions will also issue decisions regarding exemptions for insuring work abroad.

The Finnish pension policy objectives have been mainly successful. Pensioners’ economic well-being does not drop dramatically at retirement, and the income of low-income people even improves slightly. After retirement, incomes remain fairly stable. However, for some retirees, poverty is long-lasting. This is evident in a doctoral dissertation by Juha Rantala for the Universit of Turku. The research is based on longitudinal register data.

How well do citizens know the basics of the pension system, the pension benefits and how pensions are financed? What do people think about pensions in Finland and Sweden? These and other new facts will be presented at our online research seminar on 3 December.

The central labour market organisations have agreed on the private-sector earnings-related pension contributions for 2021. The Ministry of Social Affairs and health will confirm the grounds for the earnings-related pension contribution upon application by the earnings-related pension insurers.

The report on pension indicators is a compact information package on the state and projected outlook of earnings-related pensions. The report is directed at decision-makers and all interested in the outlook of pension provision. In this report, the most important indicators and key figures of pension policy are grouped into three categories by theme: length …

In the 2020, old publications of the Finnish Centre for Pensions have been digitalised and stored in Julkari, a shared open repository. Julkari includes already more than 1,200 publications published by the Finnish Centre for Pensions (mainly in Finnish and Swedish but many also in English).

Extended life expectancy, reduced birth rates and a low interest level drive many countries to seek for ways in which to stabilize the financing of their pension systems. A fresh report by the Finnish Centre for Pensions sheds light on the automatic stabilizing mechanisms in five different countries.