|
|||
![]() |
|||
2016-08-30 12:00:32 CEST 2016-08-30 12:00:32 CEST REGULATED INFORMATION Työttömyysvakuutusrahasto - Company AnnouncementUnemployment Insurance Fund: Budget and proposal for Unemployment Insurance Contribution rates for 2017Unemployment Insurance Fund Stock Exchange Release 30 August 2016 at 13:00 p.m. TVR budget and proposal for Unemployment Insurance Contribution rates for year 2017 The Supervisory Board of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (TVR) has today approved the budget for year 2017 and decided to propose to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, that the following changes would be applied to the Unemployment Insurance Contributions (UIC) for the year 2017. TVR proposes, that the average UIC for employers will be decreased by 0,46 percentage points and the UIC for employees to be raised by 0,45 percentage points. The level of UIC percentages for the next calendar year are set by the Finnish Parliament by amending the Finnish Act on Financing of Unemployment Benefits. The unemployment rate in Finland is according to the budget estimated to be 9,2 percent in 2016 and 9,1 percent in 2017. The benefit payments paid by TVR will decrease by two percent in 2017 from 2016. The change in net position is estimated to be slightly positive in 2017 and the net debt position to decrease accordingly. TVR budget for year 2017 (source: TVR, Statistics Finland) 30.8.2016 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amounts % 2 015 2016 e 2017 B --------------------------------------------------------------------- Unemployment rate 9,4 9,2 9,1 Wage sum growth p.a. 0,8 1,0 1,1 UIC, employers (average) 2,34 2,86 2,40 UIC, employees 0,65 1,15 1,60 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Key Figures, EURm 2 015 2016 e 2017 B --------------------------------------------------------------------- Unemployment Insurance Contributions 2 188 2 938 3 006 Other income * 1 142 1 125 1 024 Benefits paid - 4 002 - 4 013 - 3 952 Change in Net position - 677 46 73 Net position (Business cycle buffer) - 686 - 640 - 567 Maximum limit for buffer 1 521 1 569 2 252 * contributions from MSAH Additional information: Janne Metsämäki, Managing Director. tel. +358 40 522 3614 Tapio Oksanen, Deputy Managing Director, CFO tel. +358 40 539 4651 Helsinki, 30 August 2016 Unemployment Insurance Fund (TVR) Tapio Oksanen Deputy Managing Director Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Media www.tvr.fi [] |
|||
|