Please note, that TEK no longer receives strike benefit applications for strikes in spring 2025.
If you have questions about this, please contact our member service through the OmaTEK portal or by phone at (09) 229 121.
Information about strike benefit
- The strike benefit is compensation paid by TEK to its members who do not receive salary income due to a strike. It can be received by a member who joined TEK before the strike began. Being a member of an unemployment fund (e.g., KOKO, YTK) does not entitle one to the strike benefit.
- TEK withholds taxes and reports the benefit to the Tax Administration. Dependents do not affect the amount of the strike benefit.
- Strike benefit is applied and paid after the strike has ended, once the applicant’s membership details and days on strike have been verified.
- The strike benefit is €90 per strike day. Of this amount, €16 is tax-free, and the remaining €74 is subject to a 40% withholding tax (read more in Finnish). There is no need to provide a tax card.
- OAJ-TEK members apply for the benefit through OAJ. Members of both TEK and Finnish Union of University Professors apply for the benefit through the Finnish Union of University Professionals.