Pay subsidies for employers

The pay subsidy is a financial subsidy that helps the employer to employ an unemployed jobseeker. The subsidy will cover part of the salary costs.

Helsinki Employment Service can grant an employer a pay subsidy to cover salary costs and promote the employment of an unemployed jobseeker.

Pay subsidies are available for:
- companies
- associations, foundations, registered religious organisations or parishes
- wellbeing services counties, joint county authorities for wellbeing services or separated tasks of the City of Helsinki Social Services, Health Care and Rescue Services Division
- municipalities or joint municipal authorities if the employee has diminished work ability or has been unemployed for a long time and is over 60 years old.

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