Working group for the implementation of the Work-life Balance Directive (familyleaves)
TEM092:00/2019 Statute drafting
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The tripartite working group will prepare by 31 December 2021 the amendments necessary for the implementation of the Work-life Balance Directive to the legislation (DL 2 August 2022) of the administrative branch of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, examine certain entries in the Government Programme relating to the Directive and prepare any amendments to the Employment Contracts Act in the context of the family leave reform, see also STM020:00/2020.
Project status
Työryhmätyö ja muistio
3.12.2019 – 31.12.2021 Working group
Additional information
Documents
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Työelämän tasapaino -direktiivin täytäntöönpanoa valmistelevan työryhmän kokoonpanon muutos PDF
20.4.2021 Ministry of Employment and the Economy
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Työelämän tasapaino -direktiivin täytäntöönpanoa valmistelevan työryhmän kokoonpanon muutos PDF
27.10.2020 Ministry of Employment and the Economy
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Työryhmän asettaminen valmistelemaan työelämän tasapaino -direktiivin täytäntöönpanoa PDF
3.12.2019 Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Basic information Completed
Project number TEM092:00/2019
Case numbers VN/9587/2019
Set by Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Term/schedule 3.12.2019 – 31.12.2021
Date of appointment 3.12.2019
Law drafting
Government proposal-
Adopted statute-
Goals and results
The task of the working group is to:
- prepare the amendments necessary for the implementation of the Work-life Balance Directive to the sectoral legislation of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment,
- examine the entries in the Government Programme referred to below, and
- make any changes to the Employment Contracts Act in the context of the family leave reform.
Summary
The tripartite working group will prepare by 31 December 2021 the amendments necessary for the implementation of the Work-life Balance Directive to the legislation (DL 2 August 2022) of the administrative branch of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, examine certain entries in the Government Programme relating to the Directive and prepare any amendments to the Employment Contracts Act in the context of the family leave reform, see also STM020:00/2020.
Starting points
Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the balancing of the working and private life of parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU shall be transposed into national law in the Member States by 2 August 2022 (Article 20).
According to the Programme of Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Government:
- the prospects for increasing the flexibility of working time will be examined with a view to balancing the harmonisation of work and family and prolonging working careers. The aim in particular is to improve part-time working opportunities for parents of small children and for those who are caring for elderly relatives.
- discrimination on the grounds of pregnancy will be prevented. Legislation will be clarified to ensure that pregnancy and use of family leave may not affect the continuation of temporary employment.
- the prospects for improving the job security of employees returning from family leave will be studied, with the findings applied in necessary legislative and other measures.
Additional information
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health prepared the amendments resulting from the implementation of the Work-life Balance Directive and the reform of family leave to the legislation of its administrative branch.
Toimielimen asettaminen
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Työryhmän asettaminen valmistelemaan työelämän tasapaino -direktiivin täytäntöönpanoa PDF
3.12.2019 Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Lausuntomenettely
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Tasa-arvovaltuutetun lausunto PDF
14.10.2020 Tasa-arvovaltuutettu
Päätös jatkoajasta, muutoksesta tai kokoonpanon muuttamisesta
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Työelämän tasapaino -direktiivin täytäntöönpanoa valmistelevan työryhmän kokoonpanon muutos PDF
20.4.2021 Ministry of Employment and the Economy
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Työelämän tasapaino -direktiivin täytäntöönpanoa valmistelevan työryhmän kokoonpanon muutos PDF
27.10.2020 Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Tiedoksianto ja julkaisu
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Työelämän tasapaino -työryhmän muistio PDF
15.12.2021 Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Ungrouped
Person
Role, Term
Jalkanen, Seija
Johtava asiantuntija
Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Role: Project contact person
3.12.2019 – 31.12.2021