The collective agreement period of the private social services sector ends – negotiations continue next year
The collective agreement for the private social services sector could not be completed by the end of the agreement period. The sector enters a period without agreement at the beginning of January. Negotiations on a new agreement continued until the very end of the year.
The parties have decided to continue negotiating on the collective agreement and have scheduled new meetings in January. The next meeting is on 8 January.
“We see potential for progress in the negotiations, even though there is still some ground to cover before we reach a negotiation result,” JHL’s Bargaining Specialists Tanja Tuunainen-Vainio and Siru Heromaa-Karjalainen comment.
What is a period without agreement?
When the agreement period of a collective agreement comes to an end and a period without agreement starts, the provisions of the old agreement apply as usual until a new agreement has been concluded. Employees go to work as normal.
However, when work is done during a period without agreement, the industrial peace obligation no longer applies. If the parties cannot reach new agreements and the period without agreement gets prolonged, industrial action becomes highly probable. The most common forms of industrial action of employees are a ban on overtime and shift swaps and a strike.
Follow the progress of the negotiations and the news on JHL’s website and on the union’s other channels.
More information:
Bargaining Specialist Tanja Tuunainen-Vainio, 050 463 2243
Bargaining Specialist Siru Heromaa-Karjalainen, 050 472 4270
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