Government bills5
- HE 90/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Statutory cooling-off period for ministers
Ministers moving to new duties after their term of office could be restricted by a cooling-off period of up to one year. The aim is to prevent conflicts of interest and the exploitation of confidential information, especially in the private sector.
17 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 192/2022 vpLapsed
Statutory cooling-off periods for ministers
The right of ministers to take up new duties after the end of their term of office could be restricted by a cooling-off period of up to one year. The restriction would prevent conflicts of interest and the exploitation of confidential information obtained in the Government.
5 Apr 2023 · no votes - HE 187/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming civil service cooling-off rules
The cooling-off period for senior state leadership and key personnel in the Finnish Defence Forces can be extended to up to one year, and special advisers to ministers will be required to declare their private interests. At the same time, it will be made easier for a civil servant dismissed on production-related or financial grounds to be employed by another state agency without an open application procedure.
28 Apr 2022 · 1 voteOnly vote · 44 a § 3 momentti, mietintö / Riikka Purra, Mari-Leena Talvitie
97 jaa72 ei - HE 90/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Civil servant transfers and cooling-off periods
A state civil servant could be transferred for a fixed term to work partly in another agency or outside central government. In addition, provisions on paid cooling-off agreements lasting up to one year and on leave to appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court would be added to the act.
23 Nov 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 149/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Establishing the civil service ethics board
Provisions on the Advisory Board on Civil Service Ethics will be laid down in the State Civil Servants Act. The independent body provides state agencies with advisory opinions and recommendations on ethical matters concerning civil servants.
15 Jan 2019 · passed without a vote