Household as an employer
When you hire an employee for your home, also insure them with workers’ compensation insurance and employment pension insurance.Cover for accidents at work or occupational diseases
The employer is obligated to insure their employees for accidents or occupational diseases. A workers' compensation insurance is also mandatory for a private employer if you have employees on payroll.
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When is a household an employer?
Are you hiring an employee to help with, for example, household management or construction work in your home, and the wages or salary you pay will exceed 1,500 euros per calendar year? If so, your household is an employer who has the obligation to insure the hired employee for accidents and retirement. The obligation to insure and the related compensation are based on the Workers' Compensation Act.
Insure your employee with workers’ compensation insurance if the wages or salary you pay exceed 1,500 euros per calendar year, and employment pension insurance if the wages or salary exceed 68.57 euros per month (2024).
The insurance premium of a household employee is determined on the basis of the nature of work and the amount they will be paid
The insurance premium of a person employed by a household is determined on the basis of the nature of the work and the amount they will be paid. The premium is adjusted annually.
Tasks subject to a household’s obligation to insure can include for example domestic help, housecleaning, child care, care for the elderly, property maintenance, house painting, forest work, gardening or construction work.
The employer’s obligation to insure applies to occupational accident and employment pension insurance
You need to take out insurance for your household’s employee for occupational accidents and employment pension.
Private employers are also obligated to provide insurance coverage for their employees for disability and occupational accidents. Employment pension insurance and workers' compensation insurance are mandatory and required by law.
With employment pension insurance, you contribute to your employee’s pension cover. The insurance offers coverage for the employee’s old age, disability and death.
Insurance coverage for occupational accidents and diseases is a part of the social security of employees in Finland. The compensation payable from the insurance secures the employee’s livelihood and treatment in the case of disability caused by an accident at work.
