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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...

Working time and annual holiday Working Time Act The Working Time Act is a general act regulating working time and it applies to both contractual and public-service employment relationships. There are also provisions on working time in the Young W...

The working group will prepare the legislative amendments required by the Government's mid-term policy review to the provisions on carried-over holiday. The working group may invite experts, draw up its report in the form of a government proposal and submit its report to the Ministry for further preparation. Consultation round 28.1.-12.3.2026, This is a machine translation, we do not guarantee the quality and accuracy of the translations produced.

24.2.2026 | Työneuvosto työlakien tulkitsijana Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Työ ja yrittäjyys 10/2014 Työneuvosto työlakien tulkitsijana Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Työ ja yrittäjyys 10/2014 Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Työ j...

Acts of Parliament in English, labour legislation Links to finlex.fi Act on Checking the Criminal Background of Persons working with Children Act on Confirmation of the General Applicability of Collective Agreements Act on Cooperation Ombudsman Ac...

28.1.2026 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment requests comments between 28 January and 12 March 2026 on proposed legislative amendments concerning board‑level employee representation and the timing of carried‑over holiday. The amendments follow the Government’s decisions at the mid‑term policy review session in spring 2025.

The contact information of the Labour Council. The Labour Council is an independent special authority coming under the Ministry of Employment and the Economy.The Labour Council issues opinions on the application and interpretation of legislation on working hours, annual holidays and occupational safety and health and a number of other acts on the protection of employees.

The task of the Labour Council is to issue opinions on the application and interpretation of the Working Hours Act, the Annual Holidays Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Young Workers’ Act. The Labour Council also acts as the appeal authority in certain derogation permit issues concerning occupational safety and health.

Working at sea The conditions of seamen’s employment contracts differ from other employment relationships. They are laid down in the Seafarers' Employment Contracts Act. The Act applies to work that an employee carries out under a contract on a Fi...

Study leave Right to study leave An employee has the right to take study leave for at most two years during a period of five years, if his or her full-time employment relationship with the same employer has lasted for at least one year in one or m...

Increasing local collective bargaining Increasing local bargaining is one of the Government’s reforms to develop the Finnish labour market into a more flexible direction. The objective is to support employment, economic growth, competitiveness and...

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...

Processing of personal data by the Labour Council The Labour Council can issue opinions on the application and interpretation of legislation on working hours, annual holidays and occupational safety and health, and young employees. In addition, a ...

The project will assess questions related to the period of claim for working hours-related and, if necessary, annual holiday-related claims. Working group 1.4-30.11.2025, informal extension x/2026. This is a machine translation, we do not guarantee the quality and accuracy of the translations produced.

Employment contract and employment relationship Employee protection is the starting point for labour legislation. Because of this, labour legislation contains provisions that cannot be deviated from to the disadvantage of the employee. Employment ...

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...

Employee’s position if employer becomes insolvent If an employer has payment difficulties or becomes insolvent, it almost always has an effect on the employees’ position. Payment difficulties may lead to delays in the payment of wages and salaries...

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 ...

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...