Membership fees
JHL’s membership fee for 2012 is 1.33 per cent and it is payable on all taxable earned income. The union accounts for 1.05 per cent of the fee and the unemployment fund for 0.28 per cent. Twenty per cent of the union membership fee is returned to the branch for use in local interest promotion and other activities.
The membership fee is tax-deductable (The union delivers the information directly to the tax authority)
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The membership fee is payable on
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all taxable earnings
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fringe benefits
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holiday pay and holiday bonuses
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notice-period pay and
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additional remuneration paid at the end of the employment contract.
Minimum membership fee
Members who have no earned income or similar income and who do not qualify for exemption for membership fees pay the minimum membership fee determined annually by the Union Council. Members whose only income is a pension also pay the minimum fee. The minimum membership fee for 2010 is EUR 5.00 per month, i.e. EUR 15.00 per quarter.
You only pay the minimum membership fee if you are:
• retired or on permanent disability pension
• living abroad for purposes other than work or study
• on unpaid working holiday and have no earnings
• on leave and have no earnings
The minimum fee is also paid by members who work as au pairs, are serving a prison sentence without earnings, or are on “time out” leave, for example after finishing their studies, and have not yet registered with an employment office as a job seeker. Informal carers with no other earned income also pay the minimum fee.
For members on a part-time pension, the membership fee is payable only on their earned income or similar income; the part-time pension is exempt from membership fees.
If you wish to authorise your employer to deduct the membership fee directly from your pay, fill out the fee collection agreement (below) and forward it to the employer’s payroll services.
Membership Fee Collection Agreement (in Finnish).pdf
