Rules and regulations in working life

An employment contract is an important contract. It is an agreement between the employer and employee on working and the salary paid for it.

Employment contracts are bound by laws and agreements between the labour market social partners. A salary cannot be lower than what is stated in the sector-specific collective agreement binding on the employer. If the sector does not have an agreement, the terms and conditions are governed by law.

Employers need the personal data of their employees in order to pay wages, insurances and so on. Collecting and processing this data is bound by laws on privacy protection.

Gender discrimination is prohibited in working life. Gender equality and improving it in working life are covered by the Act on Equality between Women and Men.

• Finnwork - Finnish working life information for foreigners
  Information about Finnish working life for foreign workers and their employers. Employment contracts, employment relationships and the Finnish work culture. Contains the Working in Finland? guide as a pdf file.
  
  http://www.mol.fi/finnwork
  Employment and Economic Development Office, Ministry of Employment and the Economy
• Employment contracts and employment relationships
  Information on employment contracts and employment relationships.
  
  http://www.mol.fi/mol/en/03_labourlegislation/01_employment_contracts/index.jsp
  Employment and Economic Development Office, Ministry of Employment and the Economy
• Employment matters
  Central provisions and contracts governing employment relationships.
  
  http://www.tyosuojelu.fi/fi/matters
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Finnish labour market and working culture
  Information package on the labour market and different aspects of the working life in Finland.
  
  http://www.akava.fi/en/working_in_finland
  Akava
• Money and work
  Information on working possibilities and regulations in Finland.
  
  http://www.nettinappi.fi/immigrant/en/youth_culture/money.html
  City of Oulu
• Personnel involvement systems
  The personnel can participate in decision-making regarding the company. Information on cooperation, personnel representation in the administration of undertakings and personnel funds.
  
  http://www.mol.fi/mol/en/03_labourlegislation/06_personelinvolment/index.jsp
  Employment and Economic Development Office, Ministry of Employment and the Economy
• Working culture in Finland
  Information on the basic facts of Finnish working life.
  
  http://www.mol.fi/mol/en/02_working/05_foreigners/04_general_workinglife/01_working_culture/index.jsp
  Employment and Economic Development Office, Ministry of Employment and the Economy

Agreements and salaries

A collective agreement is established when the employers' association and the trade union come to an agreement on terms and conditions. The terms and conditions of employees working in public sector posts are governed by the collective agreement for public servants. Collective agreements and collective agreements for public servants state the minimum conditions for salaries and other benefits. Individual employers can agree on benefits which are better than the ones stated in collective agreements.

• Terms and conditions of employment relationships
  The main issues of personnel administration, terms of service and employment of civil servants and collective agreements, salary systems.
  
  http://www.vm.fi/vm/en/12_government_as_employer/03_Terms_and_conditions/index.jsp
  Ministry of Finance
• Government pay system
  Information on the state salary systems.
  
  http://www.vm.fi/vm/en/12_government_as_employer/03_Terms_and_conditions/03_Government_pay_systems/index.jsp
  Ministry of Finance
• Local authority salaries and agreements
  Earnings, collective bargaining and agreements in the municipal sector.
  
  http://www.kuntatyonantajat.fi/index~id~BCC3869F543E4FA78F1EFE0481B9F017.asp
  Commission for Local Authority Employers
• Pay security
  Information about pay security in Finland.
  
  http://www.mol.fi/mol/en/02_working/05_foreigners/02_employment_relationships/05_paysecurity/index.jsp
  Employment and Economic Development Office, Ministry of Employment and the Economy

Travelling expenses and daily allowances

• State travelling regulations and travelling expenses
  Reimbursement of travelling expenses as outlined in the terms of service and employment of civil servants and collective agreements, daily allowances when travelling abroad, compensation for expenses.
  
  http://www.vm.fi/vm/en/04_publications_and_documents/01_publications/06_state_employers_office/20080103TheSta/matkustussaeaentoe_2008_enkku_kokonoaan.pdf
  Ministry of Finance
• Travel expenses and kilometre costs
  Rules for wage earners, employees and workers who travel away from their usual location.
  
  http://www.vero.fi/default.asp?article=3577&domain=VERO_ENGLISH&path=488,489&language=ENG
  Tax Administration

Flexibility in working life and related allowances

• Remote work
  Remote work, or ework, is a form of work done either partly or entirely at home or at some other location chosen by the employee.
  
  http://www.tem.fi/?l=en&s=2387
  Ministry of Employment and the Economy
• Job alternation and study leave
  The purposes, terms and conditions of job alternation and study leave.
  
  http://www.tem.fi/?l=en&s=2314
  Ministry of Employment and the Economy
• The amount and payment of job alternation compensation
  The requirements for receiving job alternation compensation. Application and payment.
  
  http://www.tyj.fi/default.asp?id=129
  Federation of Unemployment Funds in Finland TYJ

Privacy protection

Privacy protection applies in working life just as in private life. Job seekers and employees have the right to decide how their personal data is processed and the right to be evaluated on the correct personal data. People working with children must provide the employer with an extract on their criminal background, which can be applied for from the Legal Register Centre.

• Protection of privacy in the working life
  Information on how matters relating to the processing of personal data are resolved at workplaces.
  
  http://www.mol.fi/mol/en/03_labourlegislation/03_privacy/index.jsp
  Employment and Economic Development Office, Ministry of Employment and the Economy
• Extract on criminal background
  Information on the data found in criminal records that must be included in the extract on criminal background, instructions on how to order the extract and order form.
  
  http://www.oikeus.fi/oikeusrekisterikeskus/18598.htm
  Legal Register Centre

Gender equality in working life

The Act on Equality between Women and Men prohibits discrimination in working life based on sex. The employers' duty is to promote gender equality. All workplaces employing more than 30 people must compile a report on how gender equality has been implemented and a plan on how it will be promoted. The Ombudsman for Equality supervises gender equality in working life. In individual cases, courts make decisions on gender equality issues.

• Gender equality
  Equality between men and women in working life, discrimination. Authorities responsible for gender equality issues.
  
  http://www.stm.fi/en/gender_equality
  Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
• Gender equality in working life
  An overview of equality between women and men in different areas of society in Finland, e.g. in working life.
  
  http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/tup/tasaarvo/index_en.html
  Statistics Finland
• Non-discrimination and equality at work
  Foundations of gender equality at the workplace. Links to relevant legislation, brochures and other web services.
  
  http://www.tem.fi/?l=en&s=2312
  Ministry of Employment and the Economy
• Discrimination in working life
  Discrimination in different situations of working life: recruitment, pay, working conditions, pregnancy, sexual harassment, lay-offs.
  
  http://www.tasa-arvo.fi/en/discrimination/workplace
  Office of the Ombudsman for Equality

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