Well-being at work, services

The aim of the occupational safety and health inspection is to ensure that work in Finland is healthy, safe and fair.

Employers can apply for a subsidy for arranging working conditions when a person’s disability or illness affects employment or keeping a job.

Employers can get an exceptional permit for arranging working hours as period-based work in sectors that are not mentioned in the Working Hours Act.

Workplace drug testing is conducted to determine any intoxicants present in the person’s body at the time of sampling or before it.

Employers must notify the occupational safety and health authority of any emergency work they have commissioned without delay.

Employers may be granted an exemption from preparing a shift schedule if it would be extremely difficult due to the irregularity of the work.

You must submit an advance notification of asbestos removal at least seven days before the work begins, if possible. You can submit it online.

Recruitment training is a good option if you cannot find competent employees and skilled personnel will not be graduating soon in your field.

City of Tampere Employment and Growth Services may grant wage subsidies to employers for covering the salary costs of unemployed job seekers.

The Occupational Safety and Health under the AVI for Western and Inland Finland keeps an asbestos removal licence register as the licensing authority.