When your company's operations start and during the operations, a foreign employer must take care of the following:
A foreign employee must register with different authorities when they arrive in Finland.
If your employee
Read more about registering the right of residence in the guide on Licences and notifications of foreign entrepreneurs.
Submit payroll information to the Incomes Register if your workers stay in Finland for longer than 6 months, or if your workers are covered by the social security system of Finland. In some circumstances, you also have to submit earnings payment reports to the Incomes Register not only for the workers on your own payroll but also for any leased employees that you might have taken on. Read more about obligations of a foreign employer (Tax Administration).Opens in a new window.
Construction sites’ project supervisors must give details every month to the Tax Administration on the employees who work on the site. Accordingly, when your construction workers work at a site, you must inform that site’s project supervisor of the identities of your workers. If your enterprise buys construction work and other services related to the construction sector in Finland, you must provide information to the Tax Administration every month about the ongoing contracts and their progress. Read more about submitting the report on construction work (Tax Administration).Opens in a new window.
If you arrange for workers to work, under employee-leasing contracts, in the service of your customer companies that conduct activities in Finland, you have a set of employer obligations and reporting requirements to comply with. Read more about Foreign leasing corporation in Finland (Tax Administration).Opens in a new window.
Make sure that your employee has the required insurances in place from their first day of work. For insurance contribution purposes, it is important that you report the salary information of your employee to the Incomes Register on time.
You must pay the following statutory social insurance contributions for your employee working in Finland:
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As an employer, you must train your employees for their work before they start in a new position. You should also arrange training if your company introduces new work or production methods.
Orientation and subsequent training and instructions must especially aim to avoid risks to health.
Make sure that your employees follow the instructions you provide. If the instructions are not followed, you must intervene.