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Topic: cash benefits

New brochure describes main features of Finnish social security (6.3.2013)
Reintroducing people with partial work ability to the workforce - new operational concept (20.2.2013)
Working group: Social security for migrants to and from Finland must be clarified (19.10.2012)
Minister Paula Risikko: Finland needs to be better prepared for the ageing of the population (5.10.2012)
New concept for boosting employment rates among the partially incapacitated (4.10.2012)
Päivi Sillanaukee appointed as new Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (27.9.2012)
Minister Risikko: Finland to be a more age-friendly society (8.8.2012)
Amendments to EU legislation on social security into force (28.6.2012)
An Agreement on Social Security between Finland and India (12.6.2012)
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health phone numbers have changed (29.5.2012)
EU Council of Ministers reached agreement on amendment concerning unemployment benefits (2.12.2011)
EU-ministers discuss unemployment security, health programme and growth strategy (1.12.2011)
The job bank trial extended to cover the whole country (29.11.2011)
Kari Välimäki to continue as the Permanent Secretary of the MSAH (11.11.2011)
Is there room for the most vulnerable people? (5.4.2011)
Juha Rehula new Minister of Social Affairs and Health (24.5.2010)
Same-sex couples in a registered partnership get a right to adoptive parents’ paternity and parental allowance (20.5.2010)
Minister Risikko visits Oslo (1.4.2009)
Social cohesion must be strengthened in the midst of the financial crisis (25.2.2009)
Budget proposal for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health improves the situation of families with children and people on small incomes (15.9.2008)
The Agreement on Social Security Between Finland and Australia ready for signature (28.8.2008)
Minister Hyssälä: Depression-related disability pensions on the increase - strong measures needed (4.3.2008)
Working-time bank boosted (25.10.2007)
MSAH draft budget for 2008 aims to improve position of those on low incomes (13.9.2007)
Incentive-based and fair social protection for all (14.6.2007)
Medical treatment travel expenses to be improved for Sami (14.6.2007)
Reform of family care legislation has put greater emphasis on municipal support (21.2.2007)
Reform of medicine funding system proposed (11.1.2007)
Women have longer working hours than men (8.1.2007)
MSAH new Permanent Secretary Kari Välimäki: social and health sector should get due appreciation (2.1.2007)
Markku Lehto retires as Permanent Secretary (29.12.2006)
Welfare 2015 programme takes stock of long-term challenges (22.12.2006)
Increases in maternity and parental allowances - paternity month made more flexible (21.12.2006)
Minister Haatainen: Social protection profile must be raised alongside economic and employment policy (9.11.2006)
The Europeanisation of social security is a fact (9.11.2006)
EU's Evolving Social Policy and National Models, 9-10 Nov 2006 (6.11.2006)
Part-time sickness benefit requirements (2.11.2006)
MSAH 2007 budget aims to ease burden of most vulnerable (12.9.2006)
Measures to promote paternity leave (31.8.2006)
Recognition for Finlands good work on ageing challenge (15.8.2006)
Higher social spending focuses on municipal subsidies (27.7.2006)
New Permanent Secretary from 2007 (21.7.2006)
Social and health policy strategies for 2015 (20.6.2006)
Pension institution law package to take effect in 2007 (8.6.2006)
Further steps toward new disability policy (11.5.2006)
Real impact outweights productivity for social and health sector, says report (16.2.2006)
Changes to the MSAH's administrative sector (29.12.2005)
Increase in social and health spending for 2006 (3.8.2005)
Medicine reimbursement reform (16.6.2005)
Sickness insurance reform (26.5.2005)
Finland in OECD pension review (12.5.2005)
Pension entitlement for long-term unemployed (27.1.2005)
Residence-based welfare law reform takes effect (30.12.2004)
Report: overall social security development positive but uneven (17.12.2004)
Government presents tools to improve working life and cut unemployment (1.10.2004)
Changes to residence-based benefits adopted (7.7.2004)
Proposed allowance could help return to work from sick leave (16.6.2004)
Mandatory pension insurance proposed for scholarship recipients (14.6.2004)
Electronic patient records key part of IT support (7.5.2004)
New pension legislation to be revised (1.4.2004)
OECD urges Finland to limit retirement routes (29.1.2004)
EU medical cards (15.12.2003)
New four-yearly goals plan for social affairs and health (11.12.2003)
Social sector development project underway (10.10.2003)
Development project for social sector (2.10.2003)
Children in registered relationships (2.9.2003)
EU court rules on insurance procedures for special medicine categories (12.6.2003)
Links between work stress and mental illness need firmer evidence (12.6.2003)
Social policy trends shaped on work activation and reform (10.6.2003)
Participants in the WHO meeting want to improve the living conditions of people with disabilities (28.5.2003)
Work attraction programme given coordination boost (19.3.2003)
Better social protection needed for people on grants (7.3.2003)