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This is how you can apply for the discounted membership fee

A full member can apply for a discounted membership fee due, for example, to low income, grant period or parental leave.

  • The discounted membership fee must be separately applied for.
  • The discount can be granted retrospectively only for the current month and six months preceding it.
  • The period may include several grounds for discount.
  • Only one discount can be granted at a time.

How do I apply for the discounted membership fee?

The discount is applied with a free-form email. Send the email to Loimu’s member services to jasenasiat@loimu.fi and state the following in your message:

  • The period with grounds for discount.
  • Your monthly gross income.
  • Your grounds for discount.

Grounds for the discounted membership fee

    • When your gross income is less than EUR 2,000/month, the membership fee is EUR 16.00/month.
    • When your gross income is EUR 2,000–2,600/month, the membership fee is EUR 24.00/month.

      Income means salary, entrepreneur’s earnings, grants, unemployment allowance, maternity allowance and similar income.  The discounted fee is the same even without the unemployment fund membership.

      The membership fee includes the unemployment fund membership fee and all Loimu’s services and benefits.

  • Discounted membership fee EUR 16.00/month.
    The membership fee does not include the unemployment fund membership fee.

  • Discounted membership fee EUR 11.00/month.
    You can apply for the discounted membership fee for the grant period if you are not employed and the grant is your only income.
    The membership fee includes the unemployment fund membership fee and all Loimu’s services and benefits. Please note that the work requirement does not accrue during the grant period.

  • If you are on parental leave and your only income is the home care allowance, the discounted membership fee is EUR 11.00/month.

  • Discounted membership fee EUR 7.00/month. Includes the unemployment fund membership fee. The membership fee without the unemployment fund EUR 2.00/month.

  • Discounted membership fee EUR 16.00/month. When moving abroad, please check whether the unemployment fund membership continues.

  • Discounted membership fee EUR 16.00/month.

  • Discounted membership fee EUR 7.00/month. Includes the unemployment fund membership fee. The membership fee without the unemployment fund EUR 2.00/month.

    The studies must be full-time studies and only 50% working hours are allowed simultaneously.  You can be a student member for a maximum of ten years. The study period of the first degree is also included in the ten years.