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22.12.2025 | On 22 December 2025, the Government adopted a decree on a new grant that employment authorities can use to help companies hire unemployed young people under 30 years of age. This grant is also known as the employment voucher or recruitment subsidy. The subsidy granted to a company covers half of the young person’s salary for six months, but no more than EUR 1,500 per month.https://tem.fi/en/-/government-adopts-decree-on-employment-voucher-for-young-people-employment-authorities-can-apply-for-funding-soon
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1.7.2024 | The new Integration Act, which will enter into force at the beginning of 2025, will be supplemented by five decrees on integration services. The aim is to increase the immigrants’ own responsibility and strengthen the general government finances in accordance with the Government Programme.https://tem.fi/en/-/decrees-specifying-the-integration-act-sent-out-for-comments
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5.6.2025 | On 5 June 2025, the Government issued a decree on sectors with labour shortages in which the holders of residence permits for employed persons may seek work more flexibly. At the same time, the Government wants to facilitate the supply of labour in sectors suffering from labour shortages.https://tem.fi/en/-/government-issues-a-decree-on-current-labour-shortage-sectors
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23.6.2025 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has sent out for comments a draft government decree on offshore wind power in the exclusive economic zone. Comments and opinions on the proposal should primarily be submitted under the ‘request for comments’ published on the lausuntopalvelu.fi website by 18 August 2025.https://tem.fi/en/-/consultation-round-begins-draft-decree-on-offshore-wind-power-in-the-exclusive-economic-zone
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Safety of toys The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is responsible for the regulation of toy safety. The provisions on toy safety lay down general safety requirements for the mechanical, physical, chemical and electrical properties of t...https://tem.fi/en/safety-of-toys
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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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Monitoring, reporting and verification The rules for the procedure of monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) and the accreditation of verifiers are set out in two Commission Regulations. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment issues...https://tem.fi/en/monitoring-reporting-and-verification-of-eu-ets-emissions-in-2013-2020
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Electricity market Finland’s electricity market was gradually opened to competition after the passing of the Electricity Market Act in 1995. Since late 1998, all electricity users, including private households, have been able to choose their prefe...https://tem.fi/en/electricity-market
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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...https://tem.fi/en/young-workers
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24.10.2024 | The new Integration Act, which will enter into force at the beginning of 2025, will be supplemented by decrees. The Government’s integration policy is based on language learning, work, familiarisation with Finnish society and compliance with its rules.https://tem.fi/en/-/government-issues-decree-on-content-and-implementation-of-multilingual-civic-orientation-for-immigrants
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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...https://tem.fi/en/legislation-on-seafaring
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Reserve stocks and preparedness planning secure energy supply In Finland, the security of energy supply is based on the country’s decentralised, diversified and efficient energy production. Stocks of imported fuels and contingency and preparedness...https://tem.fi/en/security-of-energy-supply
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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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23.4.2026 | As per the Government Programme, immigrants will integrate into Finland through work and the integration system will be reformed to encourage integration. The reform will increase immigrants’ responsibility for their own integration and make the system more binding.https://tem.fi/en/-/government-submits-proposal-to-parliament-on-integration-services-reform
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17.3.2022 | On 17 March 2022, the Government issued a decree on infrastructure support for the use of electricity, biogas and renewable hydrogen in transport between 2022 and 2025. The aim is to promote the use of these alternative fuels in road transport by supporting investments in the charging and gas refuelling network.https://tem.fi/en/-/decree-on-infrastructure-aid-helps-expand-recharging-and-refuelling-network-for-electric-gas-and-hydrogen-vehicles
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27.5.2024 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment requests comments on the draft decree amending the Government Decree on Infrastructure Support for Electric Transport, Biogas and Use of Renewable Hydrogen in Transport between 2022 and 2025 (Distribution Infrastructure Decree). Comments can be submitted at Lausuntopalvelu.fi until 20 June 2024.https://tem.fi/en/-/draft-decree-on-support-for-distribution-infrastructure-for-high-power-charging-and-hydrogen-refuelling-sent-out-for-comments
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24.9.2021 | A draft government decree on aid for energy investments under Finland’s Recovery and Resilience Plan in 2022–2026 is now complete. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is requesting comments on the draft at the Lausuntopalvelu.fi service by 20 October 2021.https://tem.fi/en/-/draft-decree-on-recovery-and-resilience-plan-related-energy-investment-aid-for-2022-2026-out-for-comments
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7.11.2025 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment will hold a public consultation from 7 to 23 November 2025 on a draft government decree setting out provisions on a government grant, which the employment authorities could use to help companies hire unemployed young people under the age of 30. This grant is also known as the employment voucher or recruitment subsidy. It would be awarded to businesses to cover half of the young person’s salary for six months.https://tem.fi/en/-/employment-voucher-for-young-people-moves-forward-public-consultation-opens
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Research Division on Business Subsidies The Research Division on Business Subsidies has been abolished on 5 April 2024 by Government Decree. Established in 2019, the Research Division on Business Subsidies produced information on the development o...https://tem.fi/en/research-division-on-business-subsidies
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Support for biogenic carbon dioxide capture in industry The Finnish Government promotes the capture of biogenic carbon dioxide through investment grants for the construction of capture capacity with a total of 90 million euros. The objective of th...https://tem.fi/en/subsidy-for-the-capture-of-biogenic-carbon-dioxide-from-industry