Social rights encompass not only the rights guaranteed by the Finnish constitution and social welfare legislation, together with the available avenues of redress, but also international social human rights and their control mechanisms.
Legislation and administrative guidelines
Kela’s administrative structure and organs are laid down in its governing Act of Parliament. Key legislation pertaining to Kela’s operations can be found in the Finlex online service (in Finnish and Swedish only).
Rates of several Kela benefits will be frozen at their 2023 level
Unemployment benefits, child care allowances and study grants will not be index adjusted in 2024–2027. The minimum amounts of the daily allowances payable under National Health Insurance will also not be increased, so they will remain the same as in 2023.
Parliament has approved the Government's bill to freeze the rates of several benefits at their 2023 level for 2024–2027. In that time frame, only some of the benefits paid out by Kela will adjusted to index.
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