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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...

22.12.2025 | As of 1 January 2026, an employment relationship may be terminated on less weightier grounds if the employee violates the obligations arising from the employment relationship. Whether sufficient grounds for dismissal exist will continue to be based on a comprehensive consideration, and dismissal may not take place for a minor or discriminatory reason.

23.10.2025 | According to the government proposal, employers would be able terminate an employment contract where a proper reason exists. To determine whether proper reasons for dismissal exist, comprehensive consideration would still be used as a basis for assessment.

24.2.2026 | Finnish Labour Legislation and Industrial Relations 2 3 1 Introduction............................................................................................................ 4 2 Labour Legislation.................................................

2.10.2018 | The Government of Finland has made some key amendments to its proposal to lower the threshold for employment on the basis of comments it received on its draft proposal. The grounds for dismissal would be amended only for enterprises employing fewer than 10 persons, which is also the Statistics Finland definition for micro-enterprise.

8.11.2018 | On 8 November, the Finnish Government submitted to Parliament a proposal to amend the Employment Contracts Act with regard to the section on termination grounds related to the employee’s person. The amendment would take into consideration that small employers may have fewer resources to bear the consequences if an individual employee breaches or neglects his or her duties arising from the employment relationship.

24.2.2025 | According to the Government Programme, the regulation concerning the grounds for terminating employment related to the employee will be amended so that, in future, a proper reason would be sufficient for terminating an employment contract. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment requests comments on the legislative amendments to be submitted between 24 February and 7 April 2025. The amendments have been prepared in a tripartite working group that was not unanimous in its work.

17.10.2018 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has submitted a draft government proposal, introducing easier dismissal in enterprises employing fewer than 10 people, to the Finnish Council of Regulatory Impact Analysis (FCRIA) for evaluation.

9.9.2024 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has appointed two new tripartite working groups to draw up the Government's labour market reforms. One of the working groups will focus on those grounds for terminating employment that are related to the employee's person. The other will handle the grounds for fixed-term employment contracts, the period of notice for layoffs, and the reemployment obligation.

3.9.2024 | Realizing decent work in the platform economy 1 1 ILC.113/Report V(1) Realizing decent work in the platform economy 109 109 ▶ Questionnaire As noted in the introduction to this report, at its 347th Session (March 2023) the ILO Governing Body decid...

10.6.2016 | THE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS An Interpretive Guide New York and Geneva, 2012 THE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS An Interpretive Guide Note The designations employed and the presentation of the material in ...

10.6.2016 | THE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS An Interpretive Guide New York and Geneva, 2012 THE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS An Interpretive Guide Note The designations employed and the presentation of the material in ...