The Association of Distraint Officers
The Association of Distraint Officers is a trade union that advocates for its members’ interests in the labour market. Membership in the association is open to Enforcement Inspectors, Senior Enforcement Inspectors, Chief Enforcement Officers and district court bailiffs employed by National Enforcement Authority Finland.
The decision-making power in the association is exercised by the association’s annual general meeting and the executive power is held by the association’s Board of Directors.
Membership fees
Your membership fee is 0.8 %
- of employment income subject to income tax (including holiday compensation, holiday bonuses and fringe benefits, such as lunch, car and phone benefits, and so-called severance packages if your employment is terminated).
- of benefits paid by the unemployment fund (automatically deducted by the Unemployment Fund for Higher Educated Employees Erko)
However, the lowest possible membership fee is EUR 8 per month and maximum EUR 45 per month, from 1.1.2025 maximum EUR 46 per month.
If you have several employers, you pay the membership fee from all your earned incomes.
The Unemployment Fund for Higher Educated Employees Erko deducts the membership fee automatically from the benefits paid by it. You must pay a percentage-based membership fee from benefits of other unemployment funds yourself. Remember to update your information.
Remember that if you receive earned income at the same time as receiving benefits from Erko, you must pay the percentual membership fee yourself.
If you have no employment income or do not receive benefits from an unemployment fund, your membership fee is EUR 8 per month.
For example, the following situations may apply:
- you are on family leave (NB! If your employer pays the salary of the first three months of your family leave, you pay the percentual membership fee normally for those months.)
- you receive grants
- you are on unpaid sick leave
- you receive rehabilitation support
- you receive a benefit for caring for close relatives
- you are unemployed or laid off and receive a benefit from Kela
- you are working abroad (and not a posted worker).
The membership fee of a trade union is tax deductible.
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As a member of a member organisation of Akava Special Branches, your interests are protected at every stage of your career. We provide you with personal legal consultation, assistance concerning your employment, unemployment benefit and insurance coverage.
We provide you with training that supports your career aspirations and we help you with job seeking when you want to pursue new challenges.
We improve your remuneration and rights in working life. We work to achieve pay increases, better well-being at work, more equality in working life and stronger unemployment security for you.
We make sure that your voice is heard at the highest levels of negotiation, as we are a multidisciplinary and influential trade union. The important decisions that change working life for the better are achieved through collective strength, and we have plenty of it.
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Remember to keep your membership information and contact details up-to-date!
It is especially important that the information on your employment is up-to-date so that you receive relevant communications related to our advocacy efforts in working life, such as information on collective bargaining.
Your membership fee category is determined on the basis of your membership information. You will receive an invoice and payment details from Akava Special Branches, based on your membership information, at the beginning of the year.
You can check and update your information via our e-services or by using our online forms.