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  1. HE 199/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Facilitating fixed-term employment contracts

    Employers will be able to hire a new employee on a fixed-term employment contract for up to one year without a justified reason. In addition, the lay-off notice period will be shortened from 14 days to seven days, and the obligation to re-employ dismissed employees will be removed for businesses with fewer than 50 employees.

    22 May 2026 · 1 vote
    93 jaa
    78 ei
  2. HE 198/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Shortening change negotiations and raising threshold

    The application threshold for the Act on Co-operation within Undertakings would be raised to 50 employees, and the minimum durations of change negotiations would be halved. Smaller enterprises with 20–49 employees would retain an obligation for lighter dialogue, and would only face change negotiations in large-scale workforce reductions.

    25 Apr 2025 · 2 votes
    114 jaa
    53 ei
  3. HE 92/2020 vpPassed

    Extending COVID-19 labour law flexibilities

    The exceptional employment rules introduced due to the coronavirus crisis will be extended until the end of 2020. Employers will continue to be able to lay off employees on an expedited timetable.

    24 Jun 2020 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 176/2022 vpPassed

    Reforming study and job search

    Unemployed people will be able to complete short-term and part-time studies more freely without losing their unemployment benefit. At the same time, a full job-seeking requirement will be imposed on those studying independently on unemployment benefit who hold a vocational qualification.

    15 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 229/2020 vpPassed

    Extending temporary unemployment security flexibilities

    The temporary unemployment security flexibilities introduced due to the coronavirus pandemic will be partially extended into 2021. Entrepreneurs can receive temporary labour market subsidy until the end of March, and laid-off workers can study without losing their unemployment benefit until the end of 2021.

    11 Dec 2020 · 1 vote

    Only vote · 2. lakiehdotus, voimaantulosäännös, mietintö / Riikka Slunga-Poutsalo

    32 jaa
    23 ei
  6. HE 93/2020 vpPassed

    Extending Covid-19 unemployment security flexibilities

    The temporary easements to unemployment security and business subsidies enacted due to the Covid-19 pandemic will be extended. At the same time, the situation of individuals studying while receiving an unemployment benefit and the obligations of the public employment services (TE services) will be eased.

    24 Jun 2020 · passed without a vote
  7. HE 38/2020 vpPassed

    Temporarily improving unemployment security

    Unemployment benefits will be paid from the very start of unemployment or lay-off without a five-day waiting period. In addition, the work requirement for receiving earnings-related daily allowance will be halved, and lay-offs will not count towards the maximum duration of the daily allowance.

    9 Apr 2020 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Mia Laiho

    30 jaa
    11 ei
  8. HE 27/2020 vpPassed

    Easier unemployment security for laid-off workers

    Laid-off workers will receive unemployment benefits without their possible studies or business activities being investigated separately. The amendment will speed up benefit payments and streamline the work of authorities during the coronavirus crisis.

    2 Apr 2020 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 26/2020 vpPassed

    Speeding up lay-offs and probationary dismissals

    Employers can lay off employees faster than before, and the right to lay off employees is extended to fixed-term employees as well. In addition, an employment contract can be cancelled during a probationary period on production-related or financial grounds.

    31 Mar 2020 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Arto Satonen

    40 jaa
    12 ei
  10. HE 174/2017 vpPassed

    Harmonising terms of church officeholders

    Provisions governing church officeholders will be amended to align with general employment and civil service law. Hiring the long-term unemployed on fixed-term contracts will become easier, and overlapping consultation procedures in redundancies will be eliminated.

    1 Mar 2018 · passed without a vote
  11. HE 257/2016 vpPassed

    Reducing employers' notification obligations

    Employers will no longer need to notify the public employment services (TE services) of lay-offs or dismissals affecting at least ten employees. The employer's obligation to inform dismissed employees about public employment services will also be abolished.

    10 Mar 2017 · passed without a vote
  12. HE 209/2016 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming employment services and unemployment security

    Periodic interviews every three months will be introduced for the unemployed, and unemployment benefit funds will be used to pay pay subsidies, start-up grants and mobility allowances. In addition, work trials will be expanded to support recruitment, and short-term business activities will be facilitated through adjusted benefits.

    23 Dec 2016 · 8 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Mäkisalo-Ropponen 2

    110 jaa
    55 ei