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Salaried employees in the financial sector earn EUR 2,736 on average

The average salary of financial sector salaried employees is EUR 300 below the average pay of Finnish wage and salary earners Read more

Labour market's ethnic discrimination most prevalent during recruitment stage

In the Finnish labour market ethnic minorities face discrimination at the recruitment stage in particular. At work places and in termination situations ethnic discrimination is not as common as at ... Read more

Finns' support for organizing remains very high

Helsinki (04.05.2012- Heikki Jokinen) An overwhelming majority of Finns regard it as necessary for wage and salary earners to join a union. When asked how necessary it is to organize 46 per cent of ... Read more

Labour market confederations agree on how to extend work careers by one year

On March 22 labour market confederations were finally able to agree on a substantial set of measures that will extend work careers. Experts estimate that the agreement will extend work careers on ... Read more

Finnish trade unions turn down European Commission's proposal to limit the right to strike

The three union confederations in Finland - SAK, STTK and Akava - regard it as impossible to approve the European Commission's proposal concerning the right to strike. The proposal was published on ... Read more

Major Finnish-based companies have expanded their workforces abroad, while reducing them in Finland

In the 2000's 13 major Finnish-based multinational companies have almost doubled their personnel abroad to about 234,000. In the same period they have cut the number of their employees in Finland by ... Read more

Older salaried employees are pushed out of working life

In 2011, almost 25 per cent of private sector salaried employees, from 60 to 64 years of age, were given notice by their employers. Among those from 55 to 59 years of age nearly 15 per cent lost ... Read more

High Court's decision improves the status of agency labour

On Tuesday the High Court made a decision that clearly improves the status of agency labour... Read more

Presidential elections in Finland: Campaign paraphernalia are mostly made in Far East

Almost all of the eight candidates in the Finnish presidential elections, which will take place on January 22nd 2012, have ordered their campaign gift products from abroad, reports the Industrial ... Read more

Polish Elektrobudowa re-employs the electricians it sacked arbitrarily

The Electrical Workers' Union announced on Friday that it has settled the dispute concerning the arbitrary sacking of dozens of organized Polish electricians at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant ... Read more

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