21 ibid.
22 Lehtinen V, Riikonen E and Lahtinen E.: 1998. Promotion of Mental Health on the European agenda. Stakes.
23 Lahtinen, L., Lehtinen, V., Riikonen, E. and Ahonen, J.: 1999. Framework for promoting mental heath in Europe. Stakes.
24 ibid.
26 Itsemurhien ehkäisy Suomessa ja psyykkinen työsuojelu. 1996. Työsuojelurahasto.
1 Lahtinen, E. LehtinenV. and Riikonen E. and Ahonen J.: 1999. Framework for Promoting Mental Health in Europe. Stakes.
2 Lehtinen V., Riikonen E. and Lahtinen E.: 1998. Promotion of Mental Health on the European Agenda. Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Finland. 3 Facts about Finnish Social Welfare and Health 1998. Stakes.
3 Trends in Social Protection in Finland. 1997. Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
4 Facts about Finnish Social Welfare and Heath Care. Stakes.
5 Preventing Absenteeism in the Workplace. 1997. European research project. European Foundation of Living and working Conditions.
6 Every permanent resident in Finland is insured against sickness. Residents pay a certain portion of the sickness insurance contribution out of their local taxes, and employers out of the salaries they pay. Sickness insurance is handled by the Social Insurance Institution (SII). People are paid a daily sickness allowance as compensation for loss of earnings, and rehabilitation benefits for the days they receive rehabilitation. Sickness insurance further covers a proportion of the fees paid by clients in the private health sector, part of the cost of some medicines, and travel expenses. Nearly all sickness insurance involves what is known as personal liability, which means that compensation is paid only on costs exceeding a certain sum paid by the patients themselves.
7. The sickness daily allowance is an income maintenance benefit compensating for the lost income during a period of incapacity for work. The allowance is paid to employed and self-employed persons aged 16 - 64 for a maximum of 300 workdays. However, the sickness allowance is not paid for the first nine days of absence. The salary during the waiting period is normally paid by the employer. After the nine days there is officially a loss of income as the benefit percentage paid is less than 100 % of the wage. However, the employer normally pays full salary for 4 to 8 weeks sick leave and gets a refund 70 % of gross earnings after the nine day waiting period from the sickness allowance scheme. The maximum period of temporary unfitness for work is 300 days. The regulations concerning extended or permanent disability are linked to the regulations covering the temporary unfitness for work.
8 Statistical Yearbook of the Social Insurance Institution. 1997. Finland.
9 Eväitä Jaksamiseen, Aineisto Työuupumisen ehkäisystä. 1999. SAK.
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11 See: Lahelma, E.: Unemployment, Re-Employment and Mental Well-Being. 1989.
