Provisions on labour market training are laid down in the Act on Public Employment and Business Service. Labour market training can be vocational labour market training. The objective of vocational education and training is not to complete a qualification or a part of it. In addition, labour market training may include entrepreneurship training or integration training for immigrants in particular. One of the key objectives and strengths of integration training organised as labour market training is a workplace-oriented approach.
The TE Office decides which students will be admitted to labour market training. Persons who are not registered as jobseekers may also be admitted to labour market training. Labour market training is always free of charge for participants, and it is possible to receive unemployment benefit and compensation for expenses during the training.
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The Act on Public Employment and Business Service (in Finnish)
