A total of 229,400 unemployed jobseekers were registered at the Employment and Economic Development Offices at the end of November. This was 41,900 fewer than a year earlier. The number of unemployed jobseekers was down by 800 from the previous month. These figures are from the Employment Bulletin of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.

A total of 284,100 unemployed jobseekers were registered at the Employment and Economic Development Offices at the end of July. This was 45,000 fewer than a year earlier. The number of unemployed jobseekers increased by 11,300 from the previous month. These figures are from the Employment Bulletin of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.

On 21 May 2018, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment submitted a draft government proposal for a new working hours act to the Finnish Council of Regulatory Impact Analysis (FCRIA) for assessment. The aim is to update the current Working Hours Act so that it better responds to the needs of working life in the 2020s.

There will be clearer ground rules for zero hours contracts. The President of the Republic approved the legislative amendments concerning variable working hours contracts on 18 May 2018. The amendments will enter into force on 1 June 2018.

Ministers Lintilä, Tiilikainen and Lindström met with Finnish Members of the European Parliament in Helsinki on 27 April 2018. The meeting agenda included topical EU questions such as cohesion policy, working life and the clean energy package.