Applying for vocational rehabilitation

You can apply for vocational rehabilitation if:

• an illness or injury causes a threat of disability within the next few years
• rehabilitation makes it possible to continue in working life
• you have professional competence acquired through work or education
• your work earnings over the past five years total at least EUR 39,157.84 (at the 2023 level)
• you have earnings for the previous 36 months or during that time you were not gainfully employed due to caring for a child under 3 or an adopted child over 3
• you are under your minimum age of eligibility for old-age pension
• you are prepared to discuss at work, e.g. in an occupational health negotiation, and with a physician the possibility of your rehabilitation
• you are prepared to obtain a medical statement B before applying for rehabilitation
• you are prepared to present your plan for returning to work
• you are not entitled to vocational rehabilitation based on a road accident or other accident.

We will process your application within roughly three weeks from when we have received your application and the required attachments.

Check your retirement age: 

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The work ability forecast indicates how much an employee is at risk of losing his/her work ability within the next ten years. The forecast can also be used to see how working conditions or lifestyle changes would affect future healthy working years.

Test your work ability on the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health’s website.