Frequently asked questions
Yes, provided that the employment lasts more than 6 months and is not temporary, short-term, or irregular. Summer employees are not included in the fund
Insurance relationship is verified with the Kela card.
You will receive a new Kela card at home from Kela once you become insured by the fund.
The new card has a marking on the back that says TYÖPAIKKAKASSA as well as the fund numbers: 46303 for staff and 46302 for operatives. When your insurance relationship ends, you will receive a new card from Kela without the marking.
The insurance relationship in the fund ends when the employment ends. For staff, the insurance relationship is valid until the last day of the month in which the employment ends, and for operatives, until the actual end date of the employment. After that, the fund will request a new Kela card for the insured person.
You cannot resign from the fund. Insurance relationship is mandatory for the staff and operatives of the shareholders who fall within the fund’s scope of operations.
You may report the change to the fund yourself as soon as it is confirmed. This way, the fund will not temporarily interrupt your insurance relationship.
The employer reports the details of new insured employees to the fund once a month after the first salary payment. Kela cards are ordered at the beginning of the month, and the delivery time is approximately 1–2 weeks. If you have not received your card within 3 months, please contact the fund..
Iris is an electronic service used by employee benefit funds for flexible online transactions.
In the electronic service, insured members can easily send reimbursement claims and attachments to their fund and can follow the progress of the processing. In the e-service you can also see the reimbursements that have been paid to you.
The electronic service also speeds up the flow of information, and any additional details required for the application can be quickly included in the processing.
Changes to your contact details can also be updated easily through the electronic service, and it is simple to verify that the information is correct — for example your bank account number, email address, and similar details.
Reimbursement is applied for through the IRIS e‑service.
You can log in to the IRIS service via the Suomi.fi identification using online banking credentials or a mobile certificate.
Operatives: https://konett.omasairauskassa.fi/
Staff: https://koneth.omasairauskassa.fi/
Reimbursement is applied for through Kela’s electronic service. You can log in to OmaKela at OmaKela e-service | Our Services | Kela using your online banking credentials or a mobile certificate.
From there, the application is forwarded directly to the fund’s processing queue, and applications are handled in the order in which they are received. The fund’s additional benefit is paid at the same time as the Kela reimbursement.
Reimbursements are processed in the order they are received, and the processing time is 1–2 weeks.
The reimbursement is paid to your salary account or to the account you have provided in the OmaKela application or in the IRIS service.
The invoice must always be paid by you first. We only request proof of payment if necessary.
You have visited a pharmacy or one of the fund’s invoicing partners during an unpaid leave period. The fund does not reimburse benefits to an insured person during unpaid periods. Unpaid periods include, for example, study leave, child care leave, leave of absence, assignment abroad, layoff, temporary pension, rehabilitation support, and job alternation leave.
Another possibility is that the annual reimbursement ceiling of €2,000 has been reached.
The activation message for the service unfortunately often ends up in the spam folder. If you have not been able to log in to the IRIS service via the link within 7 days, please contact the employee benefit fund.
The service becomes available only after the fund has updated your information. The updates are made 2–3 times a week. The activation message often ends up in the spam folder, so it is recommended to try logging in again a few days after submitting the registration request.
Once you have received a written referral from a doctor, call and book an appointment with one of the fund’s contract partners. You can find all partners on the fund’s website https://vakuutuskassa.com/en/ under “Contracts with healthcare providers”.
You do not need a separate payment commitment for the examination. Present your Kela card with the fund’s number when visiting the contract partner. The partner will invoice the employee benefit fund directly for the reimbursable portion, and you only pay the deductable to the partner.