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Family leave Family leaves were renewed on 1 August 2022. The reform also involves amending the provisions of the Employment Contracts Act (incl. the new carers’ leave). The reformed family leaves apply to families expecting a child whose estimate...https://tem.fi/en/family-leave
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Ensuring essential work during industrial action The legislation aims to ensure the continuity of society’s critical functions during industrial action if the parties cannot by negotiation reach an agreement on the provision of essential work duri...https://tem.fi/en/ensuring-essential-work
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Regulatory impact assessments on businessess, employment and working life Within the Government, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is responsible for developing the regulatory impact assessments on businesses, employment and working ...https://tem.fi/en/impact-assessment-of-legislation
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Compensation of costs for reception of refugees and promotion of integration Processing of personal data Municipalities, wellbeing services counties and the health and medical care authority of Åland are paid imputed compensation for the costs inc...https://tem.fi/en/data-protection-labour-migration-and-integration
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Nuclear Waste Management Fund ensures funding and sufficient competence for waste management The purpose of the National Nuclear Waste Management Fund is to ensure that the society has sufficient funds and competence to arrange nuclear waste manag...https://tem.fi/en/nuclear-waste-management-fund
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Senior officials Permanent Secretary Timo Jaatinen is the Ministry's senior official. He is assisted by Under-Secretary of State Petri Peltonen. Permanent Secretary Timo Jaatinen Permanent Secretary Timo Jaatinen is the Ministry's senior official....https://tem.fi/en/senior-officials
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Finland receives assistance from two structural funds in the EU: the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund.https://tem.fi/en/eu-structural-funds
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Pregnancy leave, parental leave and childcare leave An employee has the right to a leave of absence from work due to pregnancy, childbirth or childcare and receive the following benefits referred to in the Health Insurance Act: Pregnancy allowance...https://tem.fi/en/pregnancy-parental-childcare-leave
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Minerals sector's links and publications Related websites: Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) EU raw materials policy Economic Development Centre Finnish Supervisory Agency EIT KIC Raw Materials Publicat...https://tem.fi/en/minerals-sectors-links-and-publications
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Protection of privacy at work and working with children Data protection in working life Employers can gather personal information on their employees for their own needs. However, the protection of privacy dictates that jobseekers and employees hav...https://tem.fi/en/protection-of-privacy-at-work-and-working-with-children
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EU and national thresholds EU thresholds are based on the thresholds set in the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). The European Commission has reviewed the EU thresholds concerning public contracts. The new thresholds are valid at the ...https://tem.fi/en/eu-and-national-thresholds
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Working life recommendations in case of drone threats The social partners, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health together have prepared these recommendations for workplaces in case of a drone...https://tem.fi/en/working-life-recommendations-in-case-of-drone-threats
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Competition and consumers Fair competition creates better quality services and products as well as more productive companies. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment aims to strengthen trust in a functioning market and smart regulation. Wh...https://tem.fi/en/competition-and-consumers
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Nuclear power forms the basis of Finland's electricity production Photo: TVO Approximately 40% (39% in 2024) of the electricity produced in Finland comes from nuclear energy. Nuclear energy plays a major role in the implementation of the Finnish C...https://tem.fi/en/nuclear-energy
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Posted workers Posting of workers means a situation where a foreign employer sends an employee to Finland for work. The employee must normally work outside Finland and the posting must be of limited duration. The employee can be sent to Finland to...https://tem.fi/en/posted-workers
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The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is responsible for the operating environment underpinning entrepreneurship and innovation, securing the functioning of the labour market and workers’ employability, as well as for regional development. Implementation of the energy policy, integration of immigrants and development of security of supply are also the ministry’s responsibility.https://tem.fi/en/responsibilities
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The purpose of the Act on Contractor’s Obligations and Liability is to ensure that the terms of employment are observed Under the act, enterprises concluding contracts on temporary agency work or subcontracted labour must ensure that their partner...https://tem.fi/en/contractor-s-obligations-and-liability
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Whistleblower protection Whistleblower protection safeguards people who report certain types of misconduct. In this case, a ‘whistleblower’ is a person who, in the course of their work, discovers a breach of European Union or national law concerni...https://tem.fi/en/whistleblower-protection
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Preparedness for serious disruptions and emergency conditions in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment Finland’s security of supply relies on well-functioning markets and investments by private sector actors,...https://tem.fi/en/preparedness-for-serious-disruptions-and-emergency-conditions
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Security Strategy for Society On 16 January 2025, the Government adopted, as a resolution, the Security Strategy for Society prepared by the Security Committee. The purpose of the strategy is to provide a common concept for comprehensive security ...https://tem.fi/en/security-strategy-for-society