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Unemployment security Unemployment security provides unemployed jobseekers with the financial means to seek work and to improve their chances of finding work. There are two types of unemployment benefits in Finland: earnings-related allowance and ...https://tem.fi/en/unemployment-security
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30.4.2026 | The Government’s two legislative packages will address the income difficulties faced by international students. The first would strengthen the monitoring of students’ use of social assistance in accordance with the Government Programme. The Government submitted its proposal to Parliament on 30 April 2026.https://tem.fi/en/-/government-proposes-to-tackle-income-difficulties-of-international-students
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26.6.2026 | EU ministers will convene for a meeting of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council in Luxembourg on 29 June. State Secretary Laura Rissanen will represent Finland at the meeting.https://tem.fi/en/-/1271139/eu-ministers-to-discuss-european-semester-and-poverty-reduction
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International students can create innovations and bring growth to Finland The number of international higher education students in Finland has grown in recent years. They support the internationalisation of Finnish education and research. Students...https://tem.fi/en/international-students
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Start-up grant – support for new entrepreneurs Start-up grant is a financial support paid to a new entrepreneur with the aim of promoting new business activities and employment. The grant ensures the entre-preneur’s livelihood during the period es...https://tem.fi/en/start-up-grants
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Subsidies and benefits The employment authority can grant various subsidies for promoting employment and starting a business. Wage subsidy is a discretionary subsidy paid for employers and aimed at promoting the employment of unemployed jobseekers...https://tem.fi/en/support-and-compensations
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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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22.9.2025 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has today published three memorandums assessing the combined impacts of the Government’s changes to social security during this parliamentary term. The memorandums focus particularly on the impacts of the comprehensive reform of social assistance.https://tem.fi/en/-/1271139/memorandums-assessing-combined-impacts-of-government-s-social-security-changes-now-published
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Measures of the Orpo Government concerning work-based immigration Work-based immigration and international recruitment are essential means to accelerate growth and respond to the challenges caused by an ageing population. The development of work-b...https://tem.fi/en/measures-of-the-orpo-government-concerning-work-based-immigration
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9.5.2025 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment will organise a consultation round on amending the unemployment security sanctions from 9 May to 19 June 2025. The aim is to clarify and simplify the sanctions and to make the job search of jobseekers and their participation in employment-promoting services more efficient. Another objective is to prevent prolonged unemployment and to shorten periods of unemployment.https://tem.fi/en/-/consultation-round-on-amending-unemployment-security-sanctions-begins
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2.3.2026 | Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK STTK Ilveskivi, Ahtiainen Statement 25 February 2026 Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment Statement of the Finnish Trade Union Confederations SAK and STTK on the Government's Report to the IL...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/257101476/VN_24269_2025-TEM-9%20Annex%203_SAK%20STTK%20Statement%20EN%2025.2.2026%20art%2019%20report%209944575_1_1.pdf/9207c814-1ede-efed-c389-32be3173c06b?t=1772441499087
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2.3.2026 | 1 Fillable form for the reports on Convention No. 158 and Recommendation No. 166 to be submitted under article 19 of the ILO Constitution COUNTRY: Finland I. Methods of implementation and definitions 1. Please indicate whether provisions concern...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/257101476/VN_24269_2025-TEM-9%20Report_Art%2019_R166_FIN%209944573_1_1.pdf/8f377027-f74d-6881-c31e-1ade62a21485?t=1772441499886
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29.12.2025 | Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto is pleased with the agreement on icebreaker cooperation between the United States Coast Guard and the Rauma shipyard, according to which two icebreakers will be built at the shipyard. Negotiations between the Coast Guard and the Helsinki shipyard are also likely to be concluded in the near future, bringing the number of icebreakers to be built in Finland up to four.https://tem.fi/en/-/minister-puisto-progress-on-icebreaker-orders-is-a-significant-economic-signal-for-finland
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24.2.2026 | Industrial Competitiveness Approach Means to guarantee economic growth in Finland in the 2010s Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Innovation 9/2013 Industrial Competitiveness Approach Means to guarantee economic growth in F...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3437254/Industrial+Competitiveness+Approach+17102013.pdf/34c9b17b-19aa-4237-91a5-ac04d7631664?version=1.1&t=1771921653951
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3.6.2025 | 1(5) Statements of the labour market organisations SAK, Akava and STTK Recommendation No. 25 concerning Equality of Treatment for National and Foreign Workers as regards Workmen’s Compensation for Accidents. Employee confederations SAK (Central Or...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/203864046/2024+j%C3%A4rjest%C3%B6jen+lausumat.pdf/f36f81b8-c60e-4317-9b2c-28042b164510?t=1748945018191
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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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24.2.2026 | 21 paths to a Frictionless Finland Report of the ICT 2015 Working Group Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Innovation 18/2013 21 paths to a Frictionless Finland Report of the ICT2015 Working Group Publications of the Minist...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3437254/21+Paths+to+a+frictionless+Finland+15052013.pdf/f9d04e2f-28b1-4562-8793-d69c37b06041?version=1.1&t=1771921653951
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24.2.2026 | Manufacturing as part of a vital enterprise structure Global industrial trends, the state of Finland’s manufacturing industry and the steps for reforming Finnish manufacturing industry Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Inn...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3437254/Manufacturing+as+part+of+a+vital+enterprise+structure+11022014.pdf/d281fd0b-be43-4241-9a1a-da3ae360abcd?version=1.1&t=1771921653951
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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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15.5.2025 | GENEVA 2024 APPL. 19 –R.2050 INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE REPORTS ON UNRATIFIED CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (article 19 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation) REPORT FORM FOR THE FOLLOWING INSTRUMENT: Employment and Dec...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/2971009/R%20205%20report%20Finland%202025.pdf/83f61c43-4c6b-df90-39f2-fb49a3b6ce13?t=1747300959791