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EU area: Growing number of workers going abroad to work
Workers going abroad to work can remain covered by the social security laws and benefits of their home country and avoid extra fees in the country in which they work. They need an A1 certificate for this.
Sharing economy and insurance
The sharing economy poses a challenge in terms of pension insurance: when is a person working on digital platforms a self-employed person and when an employee? A new website, soon available also in English, offers information on the statutory obligations relating to sharing economy.
Age at retirement continues to rise
The average age of retirement on an earnings-related pension in Finland edged up to 61.3 years in 2018, according to statistics from the Finnish Centre for Pensions. New retirees were one month older than the year before. Overall the number of new retirees on an old-age pension was considerably down from the previous year as …
2018 Pro Gradu Award up for grabs
Each year, the Finnish Centre for Pensions grants a Pro Gradu Award of €2,000 to a quality Master’s thesis accepted at a Finnish university in the previous calendar year.
Finnish Centre for Pensions serves you online
Many of your questions can be solved easily and smoothly online. Our Customer Service serves you online through several different channels.
Slightly fewer rejected disability pension applications
According to statistics of the Finnish Centre for Pensions, the number of new disability pension decisions grew considerably in 2018. At the same time, the share of rejected disability pension applications dropped for the first time in a decade.
Brexit may affect social security
The British MPs rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal in a vote on 15 January 2019. This does not mean, however, that Britain will exit from the bloc immediately, with no deal. Together with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and other authorities, the Finnish Centre for Pensions monitors the situation.
Self-employed and unemployed show most interest in new pension benefit
Urban-dwelling males aged 61 are the most likely to take a partial old-age pension. A recent study by the Finnish Centre for Pensions indicates that the self-employed and unemployed are more likely to take payment of the pension than wage earners.
Working for equality
The gender gap in pensions in the EU countries is alarmingly wide, says Italian researcher Francesca Bettio. The attempts to solve this problem come with downsides.