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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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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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1.9.2025 | No 156 REPORT Article 22 of the Constitution of the ILO Report for the period 1 June 2016 to 31 May 2025, made by the Government of Finland on the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156) (ratification registered on 9 Februa...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/246218292/C156%20.pdf/ac52c359-5eec-2360-892b-662e2b553c3a?t=1756706452364
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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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24.2.2026 | Finnish Labour Legislation and Industrial Relations 2 3 1 Introduction............................................................................................................ 4 2 Labour Legislation.................................................https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/2918774/Finnish+Labour+Legislation+and+Industrial+Relations/76c46fce-8a35-458d-890f-ace7acc18d68?t=1771921648020
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Labour legislation Labour legislation (all Acts, see Further information) comprises such acts as the Employment Contracts Act, Working Time Act, Annual Holidays Act, Non-discrimination Act, Act on the Protection of Privacy in Working Life, Collect...https://tem.fi/en/labour-legislation
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Accommodation and catering business The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is responsible for the Act on Accommodation and Catering Services, which contains provisions on certain obligations concerning the accommodation and catering busin...https://tem.fi/en/accommodation-and-catering-business
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Increasing flexibility of fixed-term employment contracts and other changes to the Employment Contracts Act The Government is reforming the legislation on working life to remove barriers to employment and, in particular, to strengthen the operatin...https://tem.fi/en/increasing-flexibility-of-fixed-term-employment-contracts
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Annual holiday The purpose of annual holiday is to provide employees with an opportunity to recover from the stress resulting from work. As a rule, employees are entitled to four weeks of summer holiday and one week of winter holiday. In short emp...https://tem.fi/en/annual-holiday
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Concluding an employment contract Form and duration of employment contract An employment contract may be made orally, in writing or in electronic format but it is recommended that the contract be made in writing. An employment contract may be vali...https://tem.fi/en/concluding-an-employment-contract
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24.2.2026 | Employment Contracts Act The position of employers and empolyees under the Employment Contracts Act 2 3 1 Structure and scope of application of the act ............................ 4 2 Drawing up an employment contract ...............................https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/2918935/Employment+Contracts+Act/b0fca473-f224-46b9-974c-acd153587680?t=1771921646953
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1.8.2022 | The family leave reform enters into force on 1 August 2022. The new types of parental leave will mainly apply to parents expecting a child on or after 4 September 2022.https://tem.fi/en/-/1271139/family-leave-reform-increases-equality-and-takes-better-account-of-different-types-of-families
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19.8.2022 | 1(3) Family leaves, table 1.8.2022 The child’s estimated date of delivery is on 4 September 2022 or later Leave Entitlement/duration Periods Notification period/change in time Application period/ compensa- tion for daily allowance Pregnancy leave ...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/2106637/Table,+family+leaves+1.8.2022.pdf/44bfc555-0947-bec8-39fe-86ea088e991f?t=1660922775440
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3.6.2025 | 1 No 156 REPORT Article 22 of the Constitution of the ILO Report for the period 1 June 2011 to 31 May 2016, made by the Government of Finland on the Workers with Family Responsibilities convention, 1981, No. 156 (ratification registered on 9 Febru...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/2971009/C-156_EN.pdf/04c38baa-9150-4baf-9f94-4384224e7cc8?t=1748947490324
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3.6.2025 | Appl. 19 C.111, C.156, C.183, R.111, R.165 and R.191 INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE REPORTS ON UNRATIFIED CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (article 19 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organi- sation) REPORT FORM FOR THE FOLLOWING INSTRU...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/2971009/Raportti+C183+ja+R111,+R165+ja+R191,+2022.pdf/3864043d-a210-5be4-5634-488a58f9e7c9?t=1748948108026
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1.9.2025 | No. 111 REPORT Article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Convention report for the period 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2025 made by the Government of Finland on the DISCRIMINATION (EMPLOYMENT AND OCCUPATION) CONVENTION, 1958 (No. 111) (r...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/246218292/C111%20.pdf/7623b64f-732f-c68d-6135-1418329b3da4?t=1756706450114
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1.9.2025 | No. 100 REPORT Article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation Report for the period 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2025 made by the Government of Finland on the EQUAL REMUNERATION CONVENTION, 1951 (No. 100) (ratification registered...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/246218292/C100%20.pdf/3f8b8dab-efd0-3190-62de-7db6962c9058?t=1756706449552
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13.1.2022 | The number of parental leave days will increase and there will be more flexibility for parents to take leave. The reform aims to increase equality in working life and between parents and to take better account of different types of families. The new types of parental leave will mainly apply to families where the child’s estimated date of birth is 4 September 2022 or later.https://tem.fi/en/-/1271139/family-leave-reform-enters-into-force-in-august-2022
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Lower threshold for dismissal of employees The Government is reforming the legislation on working life to remove barriers to employment and, in particular, to strengthen the operating conditions of SMEs. Barriers to employment will be removed, inc...https://tem.fi/en/lower-threshold-for-terminating-employment
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16.9.2021 | The aim of the family leave reform is to increase the wellbeing of children and families and to strengthen gender equality and non-discrimination in working life and in the daily lives of families. The measures to achieve this aim include more flexible and longer family leaves and equal quotas of daily allowance days for both parents, some of which can be transferred to the other parent. The new family leave model treats all children equally, irrespective of the type of the family.https://tem.fi/en/-/1271139/government-submits-proposal-for-family-leave-reform-to-parliament