Municipal supplement for enterprise employing with wage subsidy

The municipal supplement is a financial support that BusinessOulu’s employment services use to compensate the employer for part of the salary costs* of an unemployed job seeker in Oulu when the employment starts between 1 January – 31 December 2024. The municipal supplement is granted for the employer’s costs that cannot be covered by the wage subsidy, including incidental salary costs and holiday allowance. The municipal supplement is granted to non-profit-making bodies as aid outside the scope of state aid rules.

The grounds for granting the municipal supplement include

• wage subsidy granted by an employment authority
• working hours of at least 80%, and
• the employee is to be paid at least the salary dictated in the collective labour agreement for the employment in question. If there is no applicable collective agreement, the condition is that the pay is normal and reasonable for the work in question.

What is the municipal apprenticeship supplement?

The municipal supplement is a financial subsidy that BusinessOulu’s employment services use to compensate the employer for part of the salary costs of an unemployed job seeker in Oulu when the employment relationship starts between 1 January – 31 December 2024. The municipal supplement is granted for an apprenticeship with the aim of obtaining a basic vocational qualification.

Grounds for granting the municipal apprenticeship supplement

• wage subsidy granted for apprenticeship training by an employment authority
• a minimum of 85% working hours, which is calculated from the the working hours dictated in the collective labour agreement. If there is no applicable collective agreement, the working hours are calculated from the hours dictated by the Working Hours Act.
• the employee is to be paid at least the salary dictated in the collective labour agreement for the employment in question. If there is no applicable collective agreement, the condition is that the pay is normal and reasonable for the work in question.
• the studies must progress according to the employee’s personal study plan.

The municipal apprenticeship supplement is granted to the employer for the duration of the apprenticeship, however no more than 3 years.

1. Apply for a wage subsidy from the employment services.
2. Apply for a municipal supplement after you have received a decision on wage subsidy. The application must be submitted within three (3) months of the start of employment. Otherwise, the subsidy may be granted from the beginning of the month in which the application is submitted. If the application for the municipal supplement is not received by the deadline and the employment relationship ends, the municipal supplement will not be granted retroactively.
3. Please send the original municipal supplement application and its attachments to BusinessOulu Employment Services (address below)

Attachments required for wage-subsidised employment:

• copy of the employment authority’s wage subsidy decision and employment contract

Attachments required for apprenticeship training:

• copy of the employment authority’s wage subsidy decision and employment contract
• copy of the training contract from the apprenticeship office
• The apprenticeship training provider pays the employer an allowance for providing on-the-job training (training allowance) based on the estimated cost of the training to the employer.
• The company is responsible for the employer’s obligations regarding the payroll (e.g. monitoring of absences, insurance must be agreed in writing with the company).

The payroll costs do not include

• holiday allowance or a corresponding compensation paid to a person employed with the subsidy
• wages for the period during which the employer is entitled to a daily allowance under the Health Insurance Act or a daily allowance or compensation under the Accident Insurance Act for the wage costs of the person employed with the subsidy
• the part of the salary which is determined on the basis of the result of the work of the person employed with the subsidy or on the basis of the employer’s turnover.

The municipal supplement is paid for the duration of the employment relationship, within the limits of the annual appropriations. The BusinessOulu Employment Services must be informed immediately of any interruption in employment or changes in the payment of wages. If the employment relationship ends earlier than stated in the employment contract, the subsidy is paid for the days for which the employee has been paid. This also applies if the employee has an unpaid break in employment. If the conditions for the payment of the municipal supplement are not met, BusinessOulu Employment Services will recollect the unduly paid aid.

Post the filled-in applications to the address below:

Postal address:
Business Oulu -liikelaitos
Työllisyyspalvelut / Kuntalisä
PL 22
90015 Oulun kaupunki
e-mail: kuntalisa@businessoulu.com

We have introduced the Suomi.fi messaging service for notifying and advising on municipal supplement decisions.

Please find the instructions for using the service on the Suomi.fi website. To use Suomi.fi messages, you must be strongly authenticated to use the Suomi.fi online service. The kuntalisa@businessoulu.com e-mail address will continue to be used for general advice on local authority matters, but all messages containing personal data must be sent via Suomi.fi messages.

If the messaging at Suomi.fi is out of use, any messages containing personal data must be sent through the City of Oulu secure mail service.

The municipal supplement must be used to cover the employee’s wage costs and statutory employer’s expenses.

The employer must regularly submit the pay slips of the hired employee to BusinessOulu’s Employment Services. The subsidy is paid retroactively according to the actual wage costs in periods of 2-3-months.