On 5 June 2025, the Government issued a decree on sectors with labour shortages in which the holders of residence permits for employed persons may seek work more flexibly. At the same time, the Government wants to facilitate the supply of labour in sectors suffering from labour shortages.

The Government decided on 5 June 2025 that the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment may capitalise Finnish Industry Investment Ltd (Tesi) by EUR 100 million. The capitalisation will implement the Government’s decision taken in the spending limits discussion to raise Tesi’s capital by a total of EUR 300 million. This capitalisation of EUR 100 million is the instalment for 2025.

The current legislation on regional development and the EU’s structural policy supports the objectives, but implementation should be more cost-effective in future. The Government submitted a report on the subject to Parliament on 5 June 2025.

On 5 June 2025, the Ministerial Finance Committee of the Finnish Government -approved in favour of granting investment aid totalling EUR 49.5 to three demonstration projects on new energy technology. The projects concern the production of renewable methanol, liquefied biomethane and bioethanol. Decisions on subsidies have not yet been made. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment will prepare the aid decisions for the decision of Minister of the Climate and the Environment Sari Multala shortly.

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.