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Restrictions and recommendations due to the coronavirus and the summer affects the opening hours at the JHL Central Office and the Regional Offices. The Employment Advice, the Membership Services and the Education services is at service even though the Central Office is closed. The Unemployment Fund will be open the whole summer.
The Finnish Government is planning to extend the obligatory use of personal taxation numbers to those working in the shipyards. On commencement of work, those employed there should have their own personal taxation numbers.
All parties to the local government collective agreement accepted the deal on Thursday 28 May. The long and difficult negotiation marathon has finally reached an outcome with a new agreement in place.
The latest attempt to reach a deal in the local government collective agreement failed. Just before 1 May, two unions turned down the proposal put forward by the National Conciliator, whereas other unions involved would have accepted it.
The Finnish state owned alcoholic beverages retail monopoly Alko has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Service Union United PAM and the global union IUF to promote respect for worker rights in the company's international supply chain.
The long time court case between the Finnish Electrical Workers' Union and Polish company Elektrobudowa SA ended in March with an out-of-court settlement.
A new collective agreement for the state sector came into effect at the beginning of April.
Private employers with less than 20 employees do not abide by the Act on Co-operation within Undertakings, but instead the stipulations of the Employment Contracts...
The duration of the negotiations depends on the number of personnel that the redundancies are expected to affect. If the redundancies, i.e. terminations, lay-offs or...
Upon request, the employer must ensure that written minutes of the cooperation negotiations are kept, and they must include, at the minimum, the dates of...
The employer must give the employee notice of a lay-off in person no later than 14 days before the lay-off begins. If the notice cannot...
You should register as a job-seeker with the local Employment and Economic Development Office (TE-office) at the latest on the first lay-off day. The easiest...
An employer is entitled to lay off an employee if the employer has a financial or production-related reason for terminating the employment contract referred to...
The industrial action notice rules out the tasks which, if left undone, could threaten life and/or health. After the industrial action notice is given, the...
The obligation to perform protection work only applies to public officers/office-holders. The employer must issue the order in writing. If you have an employment contract...