The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is organising a consultation round from 2 June to 28 July 2025 on legislative amendments to the grounds for fixed-term employment contracts, the duration of the notice period for layoffs and the re-employment obligation of employers. The proposed amendments have been prepared in a tripartite working group that was not unanimous in its work.

A well-functioning corporate finance market and the availability of capital investments are crucial to the development and growth of companies. Enterprise financing provided by the state complements the private market by filling market failures. Meanwhile, EU funding diversifies the range of financing available to high-risk growth companies. These are the conclusions of a report on the current state of growth funding published by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on 2 June 2025.

On 28 May 2025, the Government made decisions to complete the enhancements to the state’s domestic capital investment activities, as agreed in the Government Programme. Concentrating the state’s domestic capital investment activities under Finnish Industry Investment Group (Tesi) will be completed when the acts enter into force on 30 May 2025 and the corporate restructuring takes place on 31 May 2025.

The reform will strengthen the link between work and work-based residence permits and make the monitoring of permits more systematic.

The amendments to the Act on Co-operation within Undertakings (Co-operation Act) will raise the application threshold of the Act and shorten the duration of change negotiations. The Government proposes that the President of the Republic approve the legislative amendments at the presidential session on 23 May 2025. The amendments would enter into force on 1 July 2025.