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Kela.fi family benefits section updated – check that links still work

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The family benefits section on Kela’s website has been updated.

The section is now called Lapsen syntymä ja hoito in Finnish, Barnfamiljer in Swedish and Families in English.

Some of the webpage addresses have changed. If you have links to the kela.fi family benefits section on your website, please check that the links still work. By doing this, you can make sure that the links continue to direct users to the correct pages.

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Kela's Communications UnitFor media enquiries, please contact us between 9:00 and 16:00, Monday to Friday. This number can be used for interview requests, which we will be happy to forward to an appropriate source at Kela. You can also submit interview requests by email.

Tel:+358 20 634 7745viestinta@kela.fi

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