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Brexit has been confirmed. Great Britain’s departure from the EU will come into force on 1 February 2020. Britain’s departure from the EU is based on a mutual withdrawal agreement.

Each year, the Finnish Centre for Pensions grants a Pro Gradu Award of €2,000 to a distinguished Master’s thesis accepted at a Finnish university in 2019.

The Finnish Centre for Pensions and Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company have signed a long-term lease for office premises at Kalasatama Campus in Helsinki.

At the first research seminar this year, leading experts from OECD will present the most recent Pensions at a Glance report and its results. One of the members of the panel is Hervé Boulhol who leads the Pensions and Population Ageing team of the OECD. The seminar also presents new international research on how pension …

A new calculator has been published for people who are planning to use family leave. With the calculator, they can assess how family leave periods of different lengths would affect their future pension and compare their pension accrual during family leave with what they would earn as pension if they worked the same period. The …

The Finnish Centre for Pensions has produced an animated video on how earnings-related pension benefits accrue in Finland. The video is intended mainly for foreigners coming to work in Finland for a shorter or longer period of time. The video is available in English, Estonian and Russian.

One in ten 63–67-year-old retiree works. Most of the time, the work is sporadic and part-time. The number of working retirees has remained unchanged despite the increase in retirement age.

The 2020 release calendar of statistics of the Finnish Centre for Pensions is now available. The schedule lists all statistics and publications that will be published in 2020 in a chronological order.

A work community that includes both young and old workers encourages workers to stay in working life longer, a study by the Finnish Centre for Pensions shows. The extensive study based on register data examined the effects of interactions between individuals and work communities on continued working.

The negotiations on the implementation and practices of the social security agreement between Finland and Japan are under way. This week, a delegation from Japan visited the Finnish Centre for Pensions.