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Working life barometer measures changes in working life Each year, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment produces a working life barometer, which describes the state of working life at Finnish workplaces. In the barometer, employees give...https://tem.fi/en/working-life-barometer
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9.3.2026 | Close to half of wage-earners in workplaces that use artificial intelligence (AI) responded that AI has increased the efficiency of their work. Meanwhile, one third of them estimate that AI has improved the quality of their work.https://tem.fi/en/-/working-life-barometer-wage-earners-have-cautiously-positive-view-of-ai-use-at-work
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Other funding targets under the Sustainable Growth Programme in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and government agencies under its purview The Sustainable Growth Programme includes investments and reforms that support the European U...https://tem.fi/en/other-funding-targets-under-the-sustainable-growth-programme
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11.9.2025 | The economic prospects of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have improved slightly from last spring, the most recent SME Barometer shows. The outlook is also more positive than a year ago, driven by low inflation and falling interest rates. The challenging situation of construction companies, in particular, appears to be easing.https://tem.fi/en/-/expectations-of-smes-reach-highest-level-since-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-began
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29.11.2023 | This autumn, the revised Labour Force Barometer focuses on the future prospects of the technology industry and the social welfare, health and wellbeing sectors. The greatest shortage of labour is in the health and social services sector, where skilled workers are needed for the care of older people, in particular. The outlook for the technology sector is expected to improve after next summer.https://tem.fi/en/-/labour-force-barometer-most-of-finland-suffers-from-labour-market-mismatch
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12.4.2023 | At the end of 2023, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment will publish its first Labour Force Barometer, which will contain data on the need for labour and skills by occupation and sector. Previously, information on labour needs has been published in the Occupational Barometer, which will now be renamed. The aim is to create a better situation picture of the labour market in Finland as a whole and in the regions.https://tem.fi/en/-/updated-occupational-barometer-to-include-more-data-on-short-term-labour-and-skills-needs
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1.11.2022 | This autumn’s Occupational Barometer indicates that the increase in labour shortages has levelled off. At the national level, the Occupational Barometer nevertheless identified 56 shortage occupations out of 200 key occupations.https://tem.fi/en/-/occupational-barometer-increase-in-labour-shortages-has-slowed-down-but-health-and-social-services-continue-to-ac-count-for-top-shortage-occupations
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18.4.2024 | According to the Working Life Barometer, nearly three quarters of employees considered their possibilities to reconcile work and other life good in 2023. On the other hand, there is plenty of room for improvement in competence development at workplaces.https://tem.fi/en/-/working-life-barometer-2023-more-support-for-continuous-learning-needed-at-workplaces
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14.2.2022 | The beginning of 2022 was exceptional for SMEs as the coronavirus pandemic started to worsen again. This situation is reflected in the expectations of near-term economic growth among small and medium-sized companies. The expectations have fallen but remain positive. Additionally, to the majority of the SMEs that responded to the survey the economic conditions have remained unchanged from last autumn’s barometer.https://tem.fi/en/-/sme-barometer-smes-outlook-remains-positive-with-improved-expectations-of-personnel-growth
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14.9.2023 | The expectations of SMEs have improved since last spring. According to the new SME Barometer, company expectations have recovered from the exceptionally negative spring to the same levels as a year ago as the effects of the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine have stabilised. However, expectations remain negative. The state of the economy is expected to deteriorate slightly over the next year. SMEs’ willingness to invest remains modest.https://tem.fi/en/-/sme-barometer-company-expectations-show-positive-signs-of-recovery
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15.3.2023 | Wage and salary earners’ ability to influence their own work has started to increase after a long steady period. Based on several different indicators, the majority of wage and salary earners consider the quality of working life good. However, the results from different groups of wage and salary earners are diverging, according to the Working Life Barometer 2022 published on 15 March 2023.https://tem.fi/en/-/working-life-barometer-85-of-wage-and-salary-earners-find-their-work-meaningful-but-experiences-of-harmful-stress-grow-slightly
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11.2.2025 | The economic expectations of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have remained largely unchanged since last autumn, but they show some improvement from a year ago. Lower inflation and interest rates have had a positive impact on companies’ outlook. According to the SME Barometer published on 11 February 2025, the challenging situation of companies in the retail sector is gradually easing.https://tem.fi/en/-/expectations-of-smes-show-modest-recovery-use-of-ai-grows
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22.3.2021 | According to preliminary data from the Working Life Barometer, the coronavirus pandemic has increased uncertainty among wage and salary earners about their job security compared to 2019, but to a significantly smaller degree than during any other economic crisis in the 30-year history of the Barometer. Remote work, the use of lay-offs and support measures introduced for companies have alleviated fears of redundancy among wage and salary earners compared with previous economic crises.https://tem.fi/en/-/working-life-barometer-2020-coronavirus-pandemic-causes-a-huge-leap-towards-remote-working
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24.2.2026 | National Action Plan for Island Policy 2012–2015 Islands, Sea, Lakes, Rivers and Littoral as Regional Development Assets Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Regional development 37/2012 National Action Plan for Island Policy...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3437254/National+Action+Plan+for+Island+Policy+2012-2015+07012013.pdf/009a3742-cf4c-4b86-816d-342b51ae2d4d?version=1.0&t=1771921653951
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16.2.2023 | The expectations of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) fell towards the end of the year. The near-term outlook of companies has been negatively affected by Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine and the rising prices fuelled by the war. The European Central Bank continues to raise interest rates and the energy market is in turmoil.https://tem.fi/en/-/uncertainty-weighs-on-sme-business-outlook-number-of-employees-to-remain-unchanged
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3.6.2025 | 1 REPORT to be made no later than 28 February 2015, in accordance with article 19 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization by the Government of Finland, on the position of national law and practice in regard to matters dealt wi...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/2971009/C_97_ja_C_143_R_86_ja_R_151_EN.pdf/d081bb31-0331-4b49-8029-0aaf8904877c?t=1748946945230
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24.3.2022 | At the end of the second coronavirus year, the views of wage and salary earners on the labour market were fairly positive, according to preliminary data from the Working Life Barometer 2021, which was published on 24 March 2022. More than 80 per cent of them felt that their capacity to work was good in relation to the physical and mental demands of the work.https://tem.fi/en/-/working-life-barometer-2021-wage-and-salary-earners-view-of-the-labour-market-is-positive-but-continuous-learning-not-available-to-all
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25.11.2021 | The short-term expectations of SMEs in the healthcare and social services sector have become increasingly positive since 2020.https://tem.fi/en/-/sme-barometer-positive-outlook-for-smes-in-healthcare-and-social-services-sector-business-unaffected-by-coronavirus-crisis
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10.11.2020 | Digitalisation and increase in knowledge work are reflected in working life. According to the Working Life Barometer 2019, working in haste was normal for many wage and salary earners, with almost one-third of them working in haste on a daily basis.https://tem.fi/en/-/working-life-barometer-2019-more-employees-consider-today-s-working-life-mentally-strenuous
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27.9.2019 | The number of occupations suffering from labour shortage is no longer growing. Only 52 occupations now experience labour shortage compared to 54 in the spring. A year earlier, the number of shortage occupations was 48.https://tem.fi/en/-/ammattibarometri-tyovoimapulasta-karsivien-ammattien-maara-kaantynyt-laskuun