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Due to the corona pandemic, telecommuting from abroad has increased in popularity. The phenomenon is bound to stay. The Finnish Centre for Pensions handles A1 certificate applications for telecommuting abroad in the same way as for posted workers. In both cases, social security should be arranged well ahead.

As of September 2021, Sweden starts to pay a new benefit, an income pension complement. The benefit may be granted to old-age pension recipients with a long working life and a small pension. The complement is paid also to Finland.

The new department International Services launched its operations at the Finnish Centre for Pensions at the beginning of the year. The department issues decisions on social security for work abroad, handles claims for pensions from abroad, offers pension advice, calculates pensions and offers customer service. Focusing all international services into one department generates more efficient services.

Pocket Statistics, published by the Finnish Centre for Pensions, includes central statistical data, time series and info-graphics on pensions. The most recent figures date back to year-end 2020.

A total of 1.3 million persons draw an old-age pension. One in four of them are baby boomers. In 2020, around 42,000 persons retired on an old-age pension, down by five per cent compared to 2019. Earnings-related pensions were paid to an amount of nearly 30 billion euros.

Each year, the Finnish Centre for Pensions grants a Pro Gradu Award to a distinguished master’s thesis. This year the award goes to Jonathan Strömberg from the University of Oulu. His thesis examines the financial sustainability of the Finnish occupational pension system, comparing the Finnish, Dutch and Danish pension systems.

The application service for A1 certificates for employees, employers, sailors and flight crew members has been renewed. As a result, the applicant may receive the A1 certificate within one hour from submitting the application and with fewer clicks than before.  The application service for A1 certificates is renewed as of Monday 10 May 2021. The …

Are pensions enough to cover income in retirement, particularly if one cannot work until the statutory retirement age? Will caregiving towards the end of one’s career affect continued working? How do family biographies affect income in retirement? The Finnish Centre for Pensions’ research webinar on 10 May presents the hot-off-the-print Social Policy & Administration Special Issue …

Among opposite-sex couples, the significance of the female’s employment for the couple’s income increases if the male spouse falls seriously ill. A new study shows that highly educated women are better equipped to support the couple financially than women with a basic or average-level education.

Different forms of flexible retirement are gaining popularity around the world. One potential group of beneficiaries are older workers with difficulties in reaching their full retirement age due to poor health. The upcoming ETK research webinar on Monday 19 April presents new research on the relation between health, ageing and flexible retirement in Finland and abroad.