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- HE 129/2026 vpIn progress
Pay transparency and preventing pay discrimination
Jobseekers and employees will be guaranteed the right to receive more transparent information on pay in order to prevent gender-based pay discrimination. Large employers will be required to investigate and report gender pay gaps regularly.
18 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 238/2026 vpIn progress
Harmonising employment law limitation periods
Limitation periods for employees' claims regarding pay, working hours and annual holidays will be harmonised to be similar. During an employment relationship, claims will generally expire in three years, and the limitation period can be interrupted by an informal notification without legal proceedings.
14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 100/2024 vpPassed
Abolishing statutory bakery night-work supplements
The separate Bakery Work Act for the bakery sector will be repealed in March 2025. This removes bakery workers' statutory 100 per cent night-work supplement, and compensation for night work will be agreed in collective agreements as in other sectors.
20 Feb 2025 · 1 vote115 jaa57 ei - HE 146/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Economic considerations in labour dispute mediation
The National Conciliator and the conciliation board for labour disputes will be required to take into account the overall interest of the national economy and the functioning of wage formation in their conciliation work and settlement proposals. The National Conciliator or a conciliator appointed by them will also chair the conciliation board.
18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote107 jaa90 ei - HE 144/2026 vpIn progress
Introducing combination insurance in unemployment security
People engaged in both paid employment and entrepreneurial activity will be able to combine their different income sources to meet the condition regarding previous employment in unemployment security. Working grants and foster carer fees can also be taken into account in earnings-related unemployment security.
18 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 303/2022 vpPassed
Strengthening supervision of underpayment
The occupational safety and health authority will be able to oblige an employer to pay an employee the minimum wage under a generally applicable collective agreement, enforced with a conditional fine. In addition, the authority must report detected offences of fraud and usury to the police and serious workplace indoor air problems to the municipality.
10 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 173/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Improving access to pay security
Victims of severe work-related exploitation will be granted more time to apply for unpaid wages through the state pay security scheme. At the same time, the processing of pay claims based on court decisions and settlements will be clarified, and the pay security authority's access to information will be expanded.
9 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 309/2022 vpRejected
Adjusting transitional balancing for wellbeing services counties
The reduction in central government funding for wellbeing services counties will be cushioned by permanently capping the drop in funding at a lower level than before. In addition, wellbeing services counties can enter a one-off funding adjustment payable for 2023 into that same year's financial results to ease their finances.
28 Feb 2023 · rejected without a vote - HE 102/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming self-employed pension provision
The definition and monitoring of confirmed work income under self-employed pension insurance will be specified to reflect the actual work input better than before. Pension providers will be required to review a self-employed person's confirmed work income regularly every three years.
13 Dec 2022 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Terhi Koulumies
99 jaa72 ei - HE 216/2022 vpPassed
Temporarily raising the enforcement protected amount
The protected amount in debt enforcement will be raised to the level of the guarantee pension for 2023. The change leaves debt enforcement debtors with more money for living expenses.
24 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 101/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Strengthening legal protection for posted workers
The protection of workers posted temporarily to Finland from abroad will be improved by prohibiting employers from penalising workers who claim their rights or contact authorities. At the same time, unnecessary administrative obligations will be cut for foreign companies and Finnish contracting entities.
21 Mar 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 210/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening unemployment benefit obligations and conditions
Unemployed persons will be subject to a stricter obligation to accept offered employment and participate in employment services under threat of losing their unemployment benefit. Employment must be accepted more broadly than before, including outside one's own occupational field and commuting area.
23 Dec 2016 · 14 votes132 jaa40 ei - HE 78/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Improving unemployment exempt amount and mobility allowance
Unemployed people will be able to earn more than before without their unemployment benefit being reduced. In addition, the mobility allowance intended for taking up full-time work will be granted on the basis of a shorter commute.
4 Jun 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 188/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Improving job security for zero-hours workers
Variable-hours contracts, such as zero-hours contracts, may be concluded only when the employer's labour need genuinely varies. Employees will also be guaranteed the right to pay during sick leave and notice periods, as well as the right to refuse additional shifts without adverse consequences.
9 May 2018 · 7 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Anna Kontula
128 jaa63 ei - HE 160/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Recruitment subsidy trial for first employee
A trial of a new financial subsidy for hiring a first external employee will be organised for sole traders and small enterprises. The trial will examine whether partially reimbursing wage costs promotes business growth and employment.
16 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 76/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming unemployment insurance contribution collection
Unemployment insurance contributions will, as a rule, be collected from employers based on actual wages reported to the incomes register. Employers may, however, still choose an advance payment based on an estimated payroll.
28 Nov 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 150/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Deferring garnishment for debtors finding work
A debtor subject to enforcement who has been unemployed for a long time will be granted the right to defer the garnishment of their wages upon entering employment. The change encourages taking up work and leaves more income at the person's own disposal at the start of employment.
21 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 180/2022 vpPassed
Simplifying adjusted unemployment benefit calculations
The calculation rules for adjusted unemployment benefit will be simplified and clarified. The changes make taking on part-time and temporary work more predictable for unemployed people.
24 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 7/2022 vpPassed
Making wellbeing services county salaries public
Salaries and pay components paid by wellbeing services counties and joint county authorities to their staff will become public information. The practice corresponds to the current publicity of salary information in municipalities and central government.
23 Mar 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 200/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Earnings exemption for military allowance
Conscripts and persons performing non-military service will be able to earn 200 euros a month without it reducing their military allowance. The change encourages persons performing service to work during leave.
1 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote