Provisions on labour market training are laid down in the Act on the Organisation of Employment services. 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. One of the key objectives and strengths of integration training organised as labour market training is a workplace-oriented approach.
The employment authority 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 may be possible to receive unemployment benefit and compensation for expenses during the training.
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The Act on the Organisation of Employment services (in Finnish)
