The SAK employee rights hotline advises employees of foreign origin and young employees with questions or problems concerning their employment. This free service is open to all and does not require trade union membership.
The employee rights hotline responds on Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 13:00 to 17:00. Advice is available in English, Finnish and Swedish.
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Our expert responds on Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 13:00 to 17:00. Telephone 0800 414 004 or e-mail workinfinland@sak.fi.
Our expert can help if
- You don’t understand your employment contract or you would like a specialist to check it before you sign.
- You suspect that you are not getting the correct pay, shift work bonus or holiday bonus.
- You would like to know the normal wage levels in your industry.
- You would like to check some detail concerning your holiday entitlement or working hours.
- You are suffering harassment or discrimination at work and you need advice on how to deal with it.
We can not help you in the following cases
- We do not mediate jobs or give advice for job seeking. You can get help with finding employment, for example, from the Job Market Finland service (https://tyomarkkinatori.fi/en/personal-customers), and with starting a business from the Enterprise-Finland service (https://www.suomi.fi/company/starting-a-business/planning-business-activities).
- We will not contact your employer on your behalf. You should turn to the trade union for your industry in such cases. We recommend joining such a union. Use the Tradeunion.fi (https://www.liitot.fi/en/) website to find the right union.
- A union can assist you if your problem is so difficult that it requires legal action. You can also hire your own lawyer to handle the case.
- You should call the Victim Support service (RIKU) (https://www.riku.fi/en/) for advice if you know or suspect that you are the victim of a crime.