Announcement about end of employment
As an employer, you must submit an announcement about end of employment if the employment contract of a non-EU and EEA national residing in Finland with a residence permit on the basis of work ends prematurely.
You must submit an announcement about end of employment if:
- the employee has not started working
- the employee’s employment relationship has ended or will end
- the employee has, for some other reason, stopped working before the expiry of the residence permit granted on the basis of employment
If you do not submit an announcement about end of employment, the police may impose a sanction on you.
Please note that if the employment relationship of an employee in a fixed-term employment relationship ends as agreed in accordance with the original employment contract and residence permit application, you do not need to submit an announcement about end of employment.
If a work-related residence permit has been issued on the basis of several employment relationships and even one of these ends, the notification obligation applies to the employer that has terminated the employment relationship. If the employment relationship with employer A ends and the employee starts working for employer B, employer A must submit an announcement about end of employment. Employer B, on the other hand, must submit an employee announcement at the beginning of the employment relationship. If the employment relationship with employer B ends, employer B must also submit an announcement about end of employment.
Submit an announcement about end of employment also in situations where the citizenship section in your employee’s residence permit card contains a three-letter code beginning with XX (for example XXY, meaning citizenship unknown).
An announcement about end of employment can be submitted by the employer’s attorney or counsel. Before submitting the announcement, a power of attorney or other reliable proof of authorisation must be presented. Enter Finland for Counsels and Representatives is an online service intended for attorneys, counsels, legal guardians and representatives of applicants. For more information, see the page Enter Finland online service.
How to submit an announcement about end of employment?
The obligation to notify applies to the following residence permits issued on the basis of employment:
- residence permit for an employed person
- residence permit for a specialist
- EU Blue Card
- residence permit for work in top or middle management
- residence permit on the basis of intra-corporate transfer for a specialist or manager
- residence permit on the basis of research conducted in Finland
- residence permit on the basis of a degree completed in Finland
- residence permit for an employee of a religious community
- residence permit for work in the field of culture or the arts
- residence permit for work in the field of mass media
- residence permit for work in an international organisation or in duties concerning official cooperation between states
- residence permit for preparation of a company’s establishment in Finland and for supervision of orders
- residence permit for delivery of a machine or system
- residence permit for an athlete or a coach
- residence permit for a consultant
- residence permit for a visiting teacher, lecturer or instructor
- residence permit on the basis of an intergovernmental agreement
- residence permit for seasonal work.
- Create an account or log in to your existing account in Enter Finland for Employers.
- Find the employee announcement form on the right-hand side of the start page of your account.
- Fill in the employee’s details.
- Fill in the employer’s details.
- State the employment end date. You can state a reason or select ‘I would rather not answer’.
