Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Finland as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Finland: Revised Integration Act
The integration of new immigrants has, to date, fallen on several agencies …
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Finland: Economy down, but prices ease
The economy contracted by 1% last year, whilst Danske Bank now forecasts that GDP is set to decrease by 0 …
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Finland: Youth mobility agreement
With effect from 1st March 2024, Finnish and Canadian young people aged 18 to 35 will be able to be involved in work experience exchanges for up to a year …
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Finland: Reform of local bargaining
The work of a tripartite working group preparing for the reform of local collective bargaining is now in its final stages and legislative amendments are expected to enter into force on 1st January 2025 …
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Finland: Specialist and EU Blue card thresholds
The monthly salary threshold for permits in the “specialist” category have risen from €3,437 to €3,638 …
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Finland: Application to advertise a job on EURES
Employers who wish to post their job vacancy on the EU-wide portal must now complete and submit a standard application …
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Finland: Economy stays at a depressed level (October 2023)
In October 2023, industrial confidence in Finland was the second weakest amongst EU countries – and in November 2023 the situation had barely changed …
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Finland: Newly elected government plans to reform working life
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, leader of the pro-business National Coalition Party, has announced his intention to relax the Employment Contracts Act so that an employer need no longer have to find a “valid and compelling reason” to terminate …
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Finland: Costs rise for retrenching older workers
Medium to large scale employers making redundancies involving those aged 55+, who have been in service for five or more years, must now pay a restructuring fee to the Employment fund …
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Finland: Revised Occupational Safety and Health Act
This legal reform came into force at the beginning of June 2023 …
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Finland: 2023 Occupational health and safety inspections
Construction sites in southern Finland have been earmarked for special scrutiny by the Labour Inspectorate this year – especially at weekends …
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Finland: Protection of whistleblowers
National legislation implementing the EU Whistleblowing Directive (2019/1937) has just entered into force …
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Finland: Setting annual leave
In Finland, annual leave is normally scheduled primarily by the employer …
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Finland: 2022 working life barometer
According to the Autumn 2022 Working Life Barometer just published by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, wage and salary earners’ views on their situation in the labour market were mainly positive …
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Finland: New commercial collective agreement
The latest deal between the Finnish Commercial Federation and Service Union United (PAM) runs until the end of January 2025 …
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