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Some EU Member States have signed a framework agreement on cross-border telework. It will enter into force on 1 July 2023. Finland has signed the Agreement. According to the Framework Agreement, an employee habitually working and teleworking in two different EU countries can be insured, under certain conditions, in the country where the statutory seat of their employer is established (instead of in their own country of residence).

Approximately 71,500 people in Finland retired on an earnings-related pension in 2022. This is 10 000 more than in the previous year. Most of the increase came from people retiring on a full old-age pension. Almost 28 billion euros were paid in old-age pensions in Finland in 2022.

In Finland, employers’ views on the appropriate retirement age, that is, their retirement age norms, are higher than in European countries on average. Overall, employers have higher retirement age norms than employees in most countries. This is evident in a fresh study by the Finnish Centre for Pensions.

The Pro Gradu Award of the Finnish Centre for Pensions has been granted this year to Master of Business Administration Ozan Yanar. In his master’s thesis, he has examined the 2011 guarantee pension reform. Each year, the Finnish Centre for Pensions grants a Pro Gradu Award to a distinguished master’s thesis.

Occupational class inequalities in physical functioning (PF) increased after old-age retirement and decreased after disability retirement. In a study by the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Centre for Pensions, we have reviewed for the first time how PF has developed after old-age and disability retirement.

The new Suomi.fi guide ‘Death of a close family member’ guides you through the difficult process step by step. The Finnish Centre for Pensions has contributed to the content of the guide. The Suomi.fi web service is provided by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.

Last year, nearly 35,000 persons drew the partial old-age pension for the first time. This is more than ever before. A substantial number of well-off people chose to start drawing a partial old-age pension last year. As a rule, the pension is drawn at a 50-per-cent level, which translates into an average of 830 euros per month.

The intended retirement age has increased in Finland at the same pace as the retirement age after the 2017 pension reform. In many other countries, retirement intentions have remained virtually unchanged despite pension reforms.

At the end of 2022, the Finnish Centre for Pensions issued instructions on when to apply for the A1 certificate for work abroad. Now we have specified the instructions for short conference and business trips.

Atypical employment relationships and employment interruptions are more common among today’s youth in EU countries than among older generations. According to a recent international study, current pension systems do not fully consider these non-continuous and atypical careers. Themes of this study are discussed at the webinar of the Finnish Centre for Pensions on Monday 8 May 2023 at 14.00–16.00 (EEST)/ 13.00–15.00 (CEST). The webinar is in English.