Specialists in the Youth and Sports Sector

See further instructions in the following situations:

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Employee, member receiving benefits from an unemployment fund or employed freelancer

Your membership fee is 1.25%

• 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). The fee is also paid from the so-called support package in the event of termination of employment.
• 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.

 

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.

 

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No employment income or benefits paid by an unemployment fund (minimum payment)

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 maternity leave, you pay the percentual membership fee normally for those months.)
• you receive adult education allowance
• 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).

 

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Student

Our student membership will be changed from a percentual payment to a fixed payment from 1 January 2021 onwards. There will be two membership types:

• Student Pro (membership that includes the membership in the unemployment fund) EUR 96 per year
• Student Basic (membership that does not include the membership in the unemployment fund) EUR 10 per year

Student Pro (membership that includes the membership in the unemployment fund):

In order to be entitled to earnings-related unemployment allowance, you must meet the membership and employment conditions and you have payed the membership fee from any salary you earned during your studies. Every week, during which you work for at least 18 hours, is taken into account in this respect.

As a Pro member, you can split the payment of your membership fee into four interest-free instalments, which means you pay 24 euros every three months. You can also pay the entire fee all at once. The membership fee of Pro has been calculated to correspond to the amount that an average student membership fee was in 2019.

Please note! If your employer has paid your membership fee in 2020 or before that (payment authorisation), remember to notify your employer to discontinue the collection of a membership fee after 31 December 2020. From the beginning of 2021, the membership fee should be paid by the member.

Student Basic (membership that does not include membership in the unemployment fund):

As a Basic member, you pay your membership fee once a year.

Basic member, please note this! Please remember that if you face unemployment, you are only entitled to receive earnings-related unemployment allowance if you belong to the unemployment fund. It is worth joining the unemployment fund while you are still a student. If you are not employed, your membership is conditional* and is activated on the day you start working and provide us with your employment information. You can join the fund here. Even if your membership is conditional, your membership will change to a Pro membership (€96/year).

*What does a conditional membership of the unemployment fund mean?

Only a person in paid employment can be a member of the unemployment fund. If you are a student and you have no salary income, you can join the unemployment fund as a conditional member. Your actual membership will start on the day you start working and notify us of the start date of your employment, your job title and the name of your employer. A conditional student member of the unemployment fund pays the full Pro membership fee, €96/year, even if they are not employed.

 

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Individual professional, entrepreneur and freelancer

Your annual membership fee is EUR 200 (single payment or EUR 16.67 per month). If you become a member or start your business in the middle of a year, the membership fee is only charged for the remainder of the year.

 

The annual fee also applies to a freelancer who only has assignment relationships.

 

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Pensioner

As a pensioner, you pay a single payment of EUR 96 per year. If you retire in the middle of the year, the membership fee is only charged for the remaining months of the year as a single payment (EUR 8/month).

 

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A member in military or civilian service

A member in military or civilian service is exempt from membership fees.

 

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An honorary member of the union

An honorary member of the union is exempt from membership fees.