Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Estonia as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Estonia: Changes in family-related leave
Under the recent reform, maternity leave largely applies to the period leading up to the birth and extends for a maximum of 100 working days …
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Estonia: Average monthly gross wages and salaries rose by 6.9% in 2021
In 2021, average gross monthly pay in enterprises, institutions and organisations was €1,548, which was 6 …
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Estonia: EHIF provides vaccination data for employers
The Estonian Health Insurance Fund (EHIF) is now offering a new service to employers …
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Estonia: Gender pay gap narrowed again in 2020
Back in 2014 the gender wage gap in Estonia was 23% – the highest in the EU …
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Estonia: Average monthly gross pay in 2020
According to Statistics Estonia, the average gross monthly pay in 2020 was €1,448 (US$1,734), which was 2 …
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Estonia: Share of teleworkers in 2020
In 2020, 163,700 performed their main job through teleworking – 40,400 more than a year earlier …
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Estonia: What happens to UK citizens in Estonia post-Brexit?
Although UK citizens living in Estonia will need to exchange their current ID cards for a residence permit after 31st December 2020, they will not need to do so until the card validity date is reached …
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Estonia: State suspends second pillar pension fund payments until 31st August 2021
The government has temporarily suspended the state’s 4% pension contribution to the second pillar of the Estonian pension system until 31st August 2021 …
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Estonia: Employers and unions agree to freeze minimum wage
The Estonian Employers’ Confederation have agreed with the country’s Trade Union Confederation to freeze the monthly gross minimum wage at 584 euros (US$690) next year …
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Estonia: Health and safety violations
As the metal industry is the highest source of industrial accidents in Estonia, the labour inspectorate decided recently to conduct an intensive inspection of 75 business premises across the sector …
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Estonia: Reforms of the Alien’s Act
Reforms of the Alien’s Act have now come into force, principally relating to workers on short-term visas …
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Estonia: Digital nomad visa launched
Whilst the UK tax authorities are seeking to penalise many freelance workers, Estonia is creating a new free environment to allow many third-country (and British) contractors to operate there …
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Estonia: More and more men receiving parental benefit in 2019
In 2019, 27,989 women and 3,920 men received parental benefit …
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Estonia: Quarantine is optional
The country’s borders are now open to those from other EU member states …
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Estonia: Government extends wage compensation measure to cover June
The government has now extended its wage compensation measure until the end of June 2020 …
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