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  January 1 New Year’s Day (Sunday) January 6 Epiphany (Friday) April 7 Good Friday April 9 Easter Sunday April 10 Easter Monday May 1 May Day/Vappu (Monday) May 18 Ascension (Thursday) May 28 Whit Sunday (Pentecost) June 24 Midsummer’s Day (Saturday) November 4 All Saints’ Day (Saturday) December 6 Independence Day (Wednesday) December 25 Christmas Day (Monday) December 26 2nd Day of Christmas (Tuesday) Many employers allow staff to leave early on Midsummer’s Eve and give a full (or half) day holiday on Christmas Eve (December 24th) when banks are also partly closed …

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◉ Medical certificates  On request, employees shall present the employer with a reliable account of their temporary incapacity …

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  January 1 New Year’s Day (Monday) January 6 Epiphany (Saturday) March 29 Good Friday March 31 Easter Sunday April 1 Easter Monday May 1 May Day (Wednesday) May 9 Ascension (Thursday) May 19 Whit Sunday (Pentecost) June 21 Midsummer’s Eve (Friday) (banks other) June 22 Midsummer Day (Saturday) November 2 All Saints’ Day (Saturday) December 6 Independence Day (Friday) December 24 Christmas Eve (Tuesday) (banks other) December 25 Christmas Day (Wednesday) December 26 2nd Day of Christmas/St Stephen’s Day (Thursday) Note: These dates may be modified as official changes are announced, so please check back regularly for updates …

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Once parental leave has been completed parents may take two periods of unpaid childcare leave of one month or more until their child is aged three (or two years after adoption) …

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An employee must inform their employer of their intention to take maternity, adoptive, paternity or home-care leave – at least two months before the leave is due to commence …

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Leave entitlement for a given year is determined on the basis of hours worked and also, in the first year, length of service …

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In Finland, the holiday credit year runs from April 1st to March 30th …

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