Notification requirements for posted workers
Act on the entry into force of section 7 and subsection 1, paragraph 1 of section 35 of the Act on the Posting of Workers
Foreign companies must notify the occupational safety and health authority of workers they post to Finland before work begins. A negligence fee may be imposed for failure to submit the notification.
- Status
- Passed
- Submitted
- 6 Apr 2017
- Latest event
- 12 May 2017
- Votes
- 0
- Speeches
- 1
- Confirmed
- 16 Jun 2017
- Statute
- 386/2017
- Source
- eduskunta.fi ↗
What is proposed
The provisions of the Act on the Posting of Workers that oblige a posting company to submit an advance notification of workers posted to Finland and impose a sanction fee for failure to notify will enter into force as of 1 September 2017.
What it means
The amendment affects foreign companies that post workers to Finland on the basis of the provision of services, as well as the supervising occupational safety and health authorities. Companies must electronically submit information on factors such as the number of workers, the duration, and the place of work. In the construction sector, the notification must also always be provided to the main contractor and the developer before work begins.
How Parliament voted
The bill passed without a vote – no MP proposed rejecting or amending it in plenary.
Debate in the chamber
MPs' plenary speeches verbatim from the parliamentary record. Open a debate to read what was said about the bill and by whom. Speeches are shown in their original language.
1 speech · 1 speaker · 1 debate
Yleiskeskustelu päättyi. Eduskunta hyväksyi hallituksen esitykseen HE 34/2017 vp sisältyvän lakiehdotuksen sisällön mietinnön mukaisena. Lakiehdotuksen ensimmäinen käsittely päättyi.
Stages of consideration
The bill's path from the preliminary debate to the decision, as recorded by Parliament.
- 6 Apr 2017Eduskuntakäsittelyn vireilletulo · Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö
- 18 Apr 2017Lähetekeskustelu · Täysistunto
- 2 May 2017Valiokunnan mietintö tai lausunto · työelämä- ja tasa-arvovaliokunta
- 4 May 2017Ensimmäinen käsittely · Täysistunto
- 9 May 2017Toinen käsittely · Täysistunto
- 11 May 2017Eduskunnan vastaus ja kirjelmä
Decisions by law proposal1
- 1Laki työntekijöiden lähettämisestä annetun lain 7 §:n ja 35 §:n 1 momentin 1 kohdan voimaanpanostaHyväksytty · 386/2017 · 16 Jun 2017
Proposed law text
The law proposals in the bill as the Government presented them. The final act may differ after committee consideration.
The law text is shown in Finnish or Swedish from Parliament's official documents; it is not translated into English.
Laki työntekijöiden lähettämisestä annetun lain 7 §:n ja 35 §:n 1 momentin 1 kohdan voimaanpanosta
Eduskunnan päätöksen mukaisesti säädetään:
1 §
Työntekijöiden lähettämisestä annetun lain (447/2016) 7 § ja 35 §:n 1 momentin 1 kohta tulevat voimaan 1 päivänä syyskuuta 2017.
2 §
Tämä laki tulee voimaan päivänä kuuta 20 .
Main content of the bill (official)
The summary and title were produced with AI on 13 Sep 2026. They are not official documents – check the details in the original bill. The title and summaries are machine translations of the Finnish AI summaries. Speeches and quotations are always shown in their original language.