Services for businesses provided by the City of Keuruu

Keuruu supplement

The Keuruu Supplement supports employment. The Keuruu Supplement may be paid to a company, association or foundation when it hires an unemployed person from Keuruu who has been continuously unemployed for at least 12 months. The Keuruu supplement is a replacement benefit and is not paid in conjunction with wage subsidies or the youth employment supplement.

Conditions of employment:

• The Keuruu supplement is granted for an eligible
  employment relationship that began at the start of the month in which the application was submitted.
• An employment contract may be permanent, fixed-term or
  an apprenticeship contract.
• The employment contract is for a minimum of 12 months.
• Pay for the work shall be in accordance with the collective agreement. If there is
  no collective agreement, the pay for the work must be customary and reasonable.
• For part-time work, the monthly salary is at least €930 per month.

Amount of support

For part-time employees who meet the eligibility criteria, the allowance is paid retrospectively at a rate of €250 per month, and for those in full-time employment, €600 per month, until the employment condition is met or for a maximum of 12 months.

• Support is granted in the order in which applications are received, subject to the availability of funds. The municipality reserves the right to grant or withhold the municipal supplement. There is no automatic entitlement to the Keuruu supplement.

Who is eligible for the Keuruu supplement?

A company, association or foundation operating in Keuruu, when it takes on as an employee an unemployed person from Keuruu who has been continuously unemployed for at least 12 months or longer prior to the start of the employment relationship.

• The Keuruu supplement may be paid to the same employer for two employees
  at the same time
• The Keuruu grant is not awarded to private individuals, public sector bodies, or companies or public enterprises wholly or partly owned by a public sector body.

Requirements relating to the employer

The company must not have carried out any redundancies in the same roles, and any furloughs must have ended.

• The City of Keuruu may grant a municipal subsidy to businesses, associations and foundations operating in Keuruu when they hire an unemployed person from Keuruu who meets the conditions for the Keuruu subsidy. If the employee moves away from Keuruu, the Keuruu subsidy will not
  be paid.

Applying for the Keuruu allowance

Please submit your application using the form below to Keuruu City Employment Services as soon as your employment contract has been signed. The Keuruu supplement will be paid from the start of the month in which the application is received, and for those months in which the gross salary requirement is met.

The Keuruu supplement may be granted from the start of the month in which the application is made, provided that the conditions of employment are met, and it may be paid until the employment condition is met or for a maximum of 12 months for the same employee. A positive decision on the Keuruu supplement may be made until the end of the current calendar year at the latest.

Payment of the Keuruu allowance and supporting documents

The grant is paid monthly or in a single lump sum in arrears, against the following supporting documents:

• Employment contract signed by both parties (first application)

• An invoice (preferably an e-invoice) addressed to the City of Keuruu’s Employment Services

• A copy of the payslip, which must show the employer’s and employee’s details, basic information about the employment relationship, the date of payment, the pay period, and any social security contributions and other deductions made from the salary.

Summer Job Voucher

Eligibility criteria for the Youth Summer Job Voucher

The subsidy vouchers are intended for young people aged 14–18 (who will tu 15 in 2026) living in Keuruu, for summer jobs between 2 May and 31 August 2026.
The summer job subsidy amounts to €250 per young person for the employer. A young person may receive only one summer job subsidy voucher per summer.

Support may be applied for by a company, association, foundation or parish based in Keuruu. Summer job vouchers may not be used for work carried out for the local council, the state or private households. Separate arrangements have been made regarding employment supported by the 4H Association.

When employing staff using a summer job voucher, the work must be carried out over three consecutive weeks, with a minimum of 60 working hours, and the pay must comply with the collective agreement. However, in sectors where there is no generally binding collective agreement, the pay must be at least the rate confirmed for the current year under the ‘Discover and Ea ’ campaign / 60 hours, including holiday pay.

The person employing the young person draws up the employment contract, pays the salary and statutory employer contributions, and is responsible for health and safety at work. Under no circumstances are these responsibilities transferred to the City of Keuruu.

Application

The young person and the employer apply for the summer job subsidy using a form signed by both parties, which can be downloaded from the City of Keuruu’s website. The application must be submitted by 15 June 2026 to Keuruu City Employment Services, Multiantie 5, 42700 KEURUU.

For applications received by the deadline that meet the eligibility criteria, a binding preliminary decision on summer job support will be made in the order in which they are received, subject to the availability of funds. Payment of the subsidy must be claimed by 30 September 2026 at the latest, against an invoice addressed to the employment services, accompanied by a copy of the payslip. Payment claims received after this date will no longer be processed.

The Summer Job Grant is a tax-free subsidy paid by the City of Keuruu to employers to help young people from Keuruu find employment. The grant may be awarded to eligible applications on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to the availability of funds.

Download the summer job application form here. Please note that the application must be retu ed by 3 pm on 15 June 2026 at the latest to: Keuruu Town Council, Employment Services, Multiantie 5, 42700 Keuruu. You may also send your application via secure email.

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