Commission paid based on the quantity of work performed (5/004/2022)

Regulation Issued by the Criminal Sanctions Agency, record no. 5/004/2022,
3 May 2022

Legal basis: Chapter 9, section 10, subsection 2 of the Imprisonment Act

In force: From 9 May 2022

Repeals: Regulation record no. 3/004/2018

For: Criminal Sanctions Agency

According to chapter 9, section 6 of the Imprisonment Act, a prisoner participating in assembly or packaging work or some other comparable work may be paid a commission based on the quantity of work performed in addition to an activity allowance. According to section 29 of the Government Decree on Imprisonment, a commission paid in addition to an activity allowance can be 20 per cent of the activity allowance at the most.

The prison determines the quantity of work that entitles an individual or a whole work group to a commission in assembly or packaging work or some other comparable work that is based on the quantity of work performed (e.g. a specific number of finished products that fulfil the quality requirements). In addition to the quantity of work that entitles to a commission, the quality requirements must be determined and the quality control arranged. If the amount of work performed by a prisoner exceeds the quantity of work that entitles to a commission as determined by the prison, the prisoner is entitled to a commission of 20 per cent.

A description of the quantity of work that entitles to a commission and the quality control must be drawn up and put on view to the prisoners. The commission is recorded in the client data system separately for each day.

The prison director decides which work a commission may be paid for.

When calculating the maximum amount of a commission, closed prisons use the second activity allowance category and open prisons the third activity allowance category.

A commission is not paid to prisoners who get open prison wages.

Director General Arto Kujala

Senior Specialist Satu Rahkila