The state sector collective agreement brings general-level pay increases – the first pay rise in July
JHL’s Union Council has approved on 5 May the negotiation result of the new state sector collective agreement. The other employee organisations JUKO and Trade Union Pro have also approved the agreement. The Office for the Government as Employer still needs to submit the negotiation result for the Government of Finland to approve. This will happen in May.
The agreement period of the new collective agreement for state civil servants and employees under contract (collective agreement for government) is from 1 March 2025 to 29 February 2028. However, the agreement can be terminated already on 28 February 2027 by delivering a notice of termination by 31 December 2026.
Pay increases during the agreement period match the 7.8% general level. The first across-the-board increase is 2.4%, on 1 July 2025.
All strikes and industrial actions that have been announced earlier are cancelled with immediate effect. This ends also the bans on overtime and shift swaps and the ban to accrue flex hours, which have applied to state sector employees in a contractual employment relationship.
Agreement after long and hard bargaining
The negotiation result for the 76,000 state sector employees was achieved on 30 April. The National Conciliator stepped in to conciliate the dispute on pay increases in the beginning of April. After two rejected conciliation proposals, the solution was found in negotiations between the parties.
JHL thanks warmly its members and organisational member unions for active participation in strikes and other means of pressure.
– This spring was long and sometimes hard, but in the end we achieved the result that we had pursued. We want to thank especially all of you who were involved in industrial action. Your contribution was indispensable, JHL’s state sector bargaining specialists sum up.
JHL’s negotiators in these collective agreement negotiations were Senior Bargaining Specialist Harri Turunen and Bargaining Specialist Teija Wikman.
Those JHL members who are covered by the state sector collective agreement have been sent a text message and member letter with information about the content of the agreement.
More information on the new state sector collective agreement will be published on JHL’s website during May.
The Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL, Trade Union Pro and the Negotiation Organisation for Public Sector Professionals JUKO represent the employees in state sector collective agreement negotiations, and the Office for the Government as Employer (VTML) represents the employer.
More information:
Harri Turunen, Senior Bargaining Specialist at JHL, 050 461 9303
Teija Wikman, Bargaining Specialist at JHL, 050 565 1579
Your trade union JHL negotiates on a number of collective agreements in 2025. Follow the negotiations on our website.