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11.1.2024 | Sopimus nuorten liikkuvuudesta helpottaa maiden 18–35-vuotiaiden nuorten mahdollisuuksia tutustua toiseen maahan matkustamalla ja työskentelemällä tilapäisesti. Sopimus tulee voimaan 1.3.2024.

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.

14.7.2023 | Eduskunnan viime syksynä hyväksymä työlomasopimus helpottaa sopijamaiden 18–30-vuotiaiden nuorten mahdollisuuksia tutustua toiseen ja rahoittaa oleskelu tilapäistöillä.

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.

24.2.2026 | TEM raportteja 31/2013 Äkillisen rakennemuutoksen alueet 2007-2013 Laura Felin – Ilkka Mella Alueosasto 30.8.2013 1 SISÄLTÖ 1. Äkillisen rakennemuutoksen alueet 2007-2013 …………………… ................................. 2 2. Äkillisen rakennemuutoksen t...

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...

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 working group is to implement the changes in the administrative representation of personnel decided by the Government in its mid-term policy review in spring 2025. The working group shall draw up its report in the form of a government proposal. The working group will 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.

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...

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...

Different terms of employment apply to young workers Young persons aged under 18 are not allowed to perform quite the same work and work on the same terms as adults. The Young Workers’ Act protects young employees from strain caused by overwork. T...

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...

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...

24.2.2026 | Investointeja Suomeen Ehdotus strategiaksi ja toimintaohjelmaksi Suomen houkuttelevuuden lisäämiseksi yritysten investointikohteena Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Konserni 9/2012 Investointeja Suomeen Ehdotus strategiaksi ja toimintaohjel...

24.2.2026 | Valtakunnallinen saaristopoliittinen toimenpideohjelma 2012–2015 Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Alueiden kehittäminen 30/2012 Valtakunnallinen saaristopoliittinen toimenpideohjelma 2012–2015 Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Alueide...

The Orpo Government’s labour market reforms The Government will develop the Finnish labour market to make it more flexible. The aim is to support employment, economic growth, competitiveness and productivity. The reforms will be prepared on a trip...

Sustainable economic growth through industrial policy The aim of the industrial policy is to achieve sustainable economic growth. Economic growth helps to maintain high levels of employment and boosts job creation. Global economy provides the fram...