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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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Aim of the Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration is to ensure equality The purpose of the Integration Act is to support and promote integration and make it easier for immigrants to play an active role in Finnish society. Another purpose of...https://tem.fi/en/legislation-and-guidelines
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Labour immigration legislation The Aliens Act (301/2004) is the law related to immigration with the broadest scope. It applies to the entry, exit, residence and work of a foreigner in Finland. Further provisions on issuing a residence permit for a...https://tem.fi/en/labour-immigration-legislation
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Labour immigration administration The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is responsible for policies and legislation concerning the migration of workers, students, trainees and researchers, as well as for the guidance and supervision of t...https://tem.fi/en/labour-immigration-administration
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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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Other funding targets under the Sustainable Growth Programme in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and government agencies under its purview The Sustainable Growth Programme includes investments and reforms that support the European U...https://tem.fi/en/other-funding-targets-under-the-sustainable-growth-programme
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26.6.2025 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has sent out for comments the draft of the new Nuclear Energy Act. Primarily, the new act aims to ensure that the use of nuclear energy is in line with the overall good of society, that the operations are safe and that nuclear waste generated in Finland is handled properly.https://tem.fi/en/-/revised-nuclear-energy-act-is-sent-out-for-comments
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Everybody has the right to engage in commercial activities in Finland Under the Constitution of Finland, everybody has the right to earn his or her livelihood by the employment, occupation or commercial activity of his or her choice. More detailed...https://tem.fi/en/freedom-of-enterprise-in-finland
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Integration of immigrants is a joint effort Integration of immigrants requires close cooperation between administrative branches and levels of administration at national, regional and local level. Both the public sector and civil society actors ar...https://tem.fi/en/administration-of-integration-and-the-actors-involved
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Hearing concerning nuclear facilities Processing of personal data The licensing of nuclear facilities consists of successive steps, each of which can be commented on and participated in. In this context, environmental impact assessments refer to p...https://tem.fi/en/data-protection-hearing-concerning-nuclear-facilities
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Licensees responsible for nuclear waste management Photo: Posiva Nuclear waste management means all measures necessary to recover, store, handle and permanently dispose of nuclear waste, including measures associated with the decommissioning of a ...https://tem.fi/en/nuclear-energy/nuclear-waste-management
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Ensuring essential work during industrial action The legislation aims to ensure the continuity of society’s critical functions during industrial action if the parties cannot by negotiation reach an agreement on the provision of essential work duri...https://tem.fi/en/ensuring-essential-work
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Licence procedure The licence procedure in accordance with the Nuclear Energy Act is preceded by an environmental impact assessment, as laid down in the act on environmental impact assessment procedure (252/2017). The Ministry of Economic Affairs ...https://tem.fi/en/nuclear-energy-licence-procedure
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Statute drafting Drafting statutes is one of the most important tasks of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. The ministry’s remit includes employment, unemployment and public employment services, work environment issues, collective ag...https://tem.fi/en/statute-drafting
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Questions and answers about the TE services reform 2024 Note! The project has ended and the content of this page will no longer be updated. Read more: Questions and answers on information systems and enterprise architecture Questions and answers a...https://tem.fi/en/questions-and-answers-about-the-te-services-reform-2024
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3.6.2025 | 1 REPORT to be made no later than 28 February 2015, in accordance with article 19 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization by the Government of Finland, on the position of national law and practice in regard to matters dealt wi...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/2971009/C_97_ja_C_143_R_86_ja_R_151_EN.pdf/d081bb31-0331-4b49-8029-0aaf8904877c?t=1748946945230
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Current projects The ministry's websites for ongoing projects. All ongoing projects, working groups, advisory boards and committees in the Ministry Government's labour market reforms » The Government will develop the Finnish labour market to make ...https://tem.fi/en/other-development-projects
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7.8.2025 | Finland is known as a country of responsible use of nuclear energy. Safety comes always first. Responsibility includes ensuring the funds required for nuclear waste management and for the decommissioning of facilities. An extensive legislative reform is, however, required to streamline regulation and licensing. The reform process is also driven by the need to take account of new technologies and the profitability challenges of the sector.https://tem.fi/en/-/column-reform-of-nuclear-energy-legislation-to-streamline-regulation-and-prepare-the-ground-for-future-projects
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24.2.2026 | Guidebook for temporary agency work MEAE brochures • 13/2017 Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment Labour and Trade Department Jan Hjelt P.O. 32, 00023 FI-00023 GOVERNMENT Tel. +358 29 516 001 www.tem.fi MEAE brochures 13/2017 Layout: MEAE, ...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3229884/Guidebook+for+temporary+agency+work/7b8489ed-275d-4f3d-9553-02522839a8d6?t=1771921645516
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17.10.2024 | The Government is seeking to strengthen the link between work and work-based residence permits, and to make permit supervision after the entry into Finland more systematic. The proposal takes the long recruitment times of specialists into consideration. At the same time, the proposal would offer foreigners more opportunities to find new work in the national labour shortage sectors.https://tem.fi/en/-/government-sends-proposal-on-the-three-month-six-month-unemployment-rule-to-parliament