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Vantaa employment supplement
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Who is the service for?
This subsidy is available to employers in the private or third sectors.
The subsidy is granted for salary costs. The subsidy is granted for indirect salary costs and holiday bonus. The amount of the indirect costs and holiday bonus are estimated with the factor 0.23, i.e. 0.23 * the gross salary of the employed person.
The employer may receive the Vantaa employment supplement if either of the following subsidies have been granted for hiring the unemployed person:
- pay subsidy for improving skills or on the basis of a disability/illness
- employment subsidy for ages 55 and above.
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How can I participate in the service?
New Vantaa employment supplements are not granted in 2025.
The employer applies for the Vantaa employment supplement via the City of Vantaa’s online services – Strong identification is required in order to log in. You log in to the online service as a private individual and then, after the identification process, you enter the employer’s (business, organisation or foundation) information in the system. A private individual may not apply for the Vantaa employment supplement. Continuous application process. The application must be submitted within four months of the start of the employment relationship in order for the subsidy to be granted from the start of the employment relationship onwards. The application must include copies of the employment contract and pay subsidy decision as appendices. If the application for the Vantaa employment supplement is submitted after more than four months have passed since the start of the employment relationship, the period for which the subsidy will be granted will be shorter.
The condition is that the employer has been granted pay subsidy or employment subsidy for ages 55 and above for the employment relationship in question. The City of Vantaa’s online services require strong identification in order to log in. You log in to the online service as a private individual and then, after the identification process, you enter the employer’s (business, organisation or foundation) information in the system. A private individual may not apply for the Vantaa employment supplement.
The City of Vantaa’s employment subsidy also lowers the threshold for hiring people for employers.
How is the service organised?
The Vantaa employment supplement is a discretionary form of financial support granted to employers for hiring an unemployed jobseeker living in Vantaa for whose employment the employer has been granted pay subsidy. The employer is paid financial support for both fixed-term and open-ended employment relationships for the duration of the pay subsidy period or for up to 12 months, and, in the case of apprenticeships, for the entire duration of the apprenticeship. The maximum amount of support granted is €500/month (businesses) or €300/month (organisations).
You can apply for the Vantaa employment supplement online via the City of Vantaa’s online services. Use of the services requires strong identification. You must include copies of the employment contract and pay subsidy decision in the application as appendices. The processing of the application and the decision-making process take roughly two weeks. The employment relationship may start before the decision is issued on the Vantaa employment supplement.