Sök
-
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...https://tem.fi/en/family-leave
-
Multi-sectoral promotion of employment The Act on Multisectoral Promotion of Employment entered into force at the beginning of 2025 ( 381/2023 , Finnish and Swedish only). The Act lays down provisions on a cooperation model for multi-sectoral supp...https://tem.fi/en/multi-sectoral-promotion-of-employment
-
The purpose of the Act on Contractor’s Obligations and Liability is to ensure that the terms of employment are observed Under the act, enterprises concluding contracts on temporary agency work or subcontracted labour must ensure that their partner...https://tem.fi/en/contractor-s-obligations-and-liability
-
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...https://tem.fi/en/concluding-an-employment-contract
-
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...https://tem.fi/en/employee-s-position-if-employer-becomes-insolvent
-
Pregnancy leave, parental leave and childcare leave An employee has the right to a leave of absence from work due to pregnancy, childbirth or childcare and receive the following benefits referred to in the Health Insurance Act: Pregnancy allowance...https://tem.fi/en/pregnancy-parental-childcare-leave
-
Nuclear facility operators have unlimited liability Under the Nuclear Liability Act (484/1972), the operators of nuclear facilities located in Finland have unlimited liability for damage caused to third parties in Finland. The Ministry of Economic...https://tem.fi/en/nuclear-liability
-
Real estate brokerage agencies and letting agencies Only private entrepreneurs or legal persons registered as real estate brokerage agencies may operate as real estate brokerage agency. Only private entrepreneurs or legal persons registered as let...https://tem.fi/en/real-estate-brokerage-agencies-and-letting-agencies
-
National space legislation The Act on Space Activities entered into force on 23 January 2018. The Act is supplemented by the Decree of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on Space Activities . Reasoning of the provisions, impact analys...https://tem.fi/en/spacelaw
-
National Advisory Board on Promoting Employment Employment as a whole and the functioning of the employment service system are the responsibility of the central government. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is responsible for the gen...https://tem.fi/en/national-advisory-board-on-promoting-employment
-
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (former The Ministry of Employment and the Economic) started operations on 1 January 2008. The Government Programme of Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen’s seco...https://tem.fi/en/history
-
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting CSR reporting obligation: Which companies does it apply to and what is required? An Accounting Act amendment approved on 29 December 2016 requires certain types of company to report on their corporat...https://tem.fi/en/csr-reporting
-
24.2.2026 | Contractor’s Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out 2 3 Introduction There are many ways of combating the nega- tive effects caused to enterprises by the “grey” or undeclared economy and unhealthy competi- tion. The Act on the Contr...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/2918857/Contractor's+Obligations+and+Liability+when+Work+is+Contracted+Out/07c532dd-decc-4c15-87e4-a38b013de3d2?t=1771921647664
-
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...https://tem.fi/en/posted-workers
-
7.4.2026 | 1. Todistuksen numero — Certifikatets nummer — Certificate number 2. Laitoksenhaltijan nimi ja osoite Anläggningsinnehavarens namn och adress Name and address of the operator liable Nimi — Namn — Name Osoite — Adress — Address 3. Takuun määrä — Sä...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/13552329/Todistus%20taloudellisesta%20takuusta%20ydinaineen%20kuljetusta%20varten%202026.pdf/38015da9-17d7-e509-8dc5-83e514173254?t=1775543829938
-
24.2.2026 | International Peer Review of Labour Policy Service Structures Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Employment and entrepreneurship 56/2014 International Peer Review of Labour Policy Service Structures Publications of the Mini...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/3437254/International+Peer+Review+of+Labour+Policy+service+structures+11122014.pdf/99b1124b-db33-455a-bdce-7422ced49847?version=1.1&t=1771921653951
-
Development of jobseeker’s service process and employment services Employment services and the service process for jobseekers will be reformed to better meet individual needs, in line with the Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Government....https://tem.fi/en/development-of-jobseekers-service-process-and-employment-services
-
22.9.2025 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has today published three memorandums assessing the combined impacts of the Government’s changes to social security during this parliamentary term. The memorandums focus particularly on the impacts of the comprehensive reform of social assistance.https://tem.fi/en/-/1271139/memorandums-assessing-combined-impacts-of-government-s-social-security-changes-now-published
-
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
-
1.9.2025 | P155 REPORT for the period 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2025, made by the Government of Finland, on the Protocol of 2002 to the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) (ratification registered on 9 December 2003) (a) NEW LEGISLATIVE OR ...https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/246218292/P155.pdf/5648c9ac-eb45-ac7c-6b17-c5219366c137?t=1756706454280