Government bills9
- HE 164/2024 vpPassed
Linking agricultural subsidies to working conditions
Receipt of agricultural subsidies will be linked to compliance with employees' working conditions and occupational safety from the beginning of 2025. In addition, national aid for crop production can be paid in advance earlier than at present.
13 Dec 2024 · 1 vote155 jaa14 ei - HE 68/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying asbestos and construction safety rules
Advance notifications of asbestos demolition work will include details of worker training and respirator fit testing. At the same time, qualification requirements for crane drivers and construction divers will be transferred directly into the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
13 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 172/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Reinstating statutory workplace accident investigations
Investigations into serious workplace accidents will be provided for by law, allowing accident investigations suspended for data protection reasons to resume and be extended to agriculture. In addition, administrative streamlining and technical revisions will be made to occupational accident, motor liability and patient insurance legislation.
18 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 89/2023 vpPassed
Convention against workplace violence and harassment
Finland is to approve the International Labour Organization (ILO) convention protecting employees and others in the world of work from violence and harassment. The convention obliges the state and employers to prevent inappropriate conduct in working life and to strengthen legal remedies for victims.
21 Mar 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 104/2023 vpPassed
Listing reproductive hazards at work
Employers will be required to keep a list of employees exposed at work to agents hazardous to reproductive health. The employer must retain these exposure records for five years.
15 Mar 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 306/2022 vpPassed
Improving occupational safety and well-being
The Occupational Safety and Health Act will be reformed so that employers take better account of employee ageing as well as mental and physical workload. The amendments will support coping at work and the extension of working careers, especially for employees over 55 years of age.
2 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 80/2021 vpPassed
Reducing travel and night work strain
Employers would be required to take work-related travel during free time into account when assessing hazards and strain at work. If an employee performing night work cannot be transferred to daytime work, the employer would have to look into other ways to reduce the strain of the work.
24 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 28/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Overhauling radiation safety and supervision
A new Radiation Act will be enacted in Finland to transpose the EU Radiation Safety Directive into national legislation and modernise radiation protection rules. The reform would tighten safety requirements for the use of radiation and enhance the supervision of indoor radon and various treatment devices.
9 Oct 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 134/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming blaster qualifications and safety
The new act on blasters clarifies qualification requirements and licensing practices for persons carrying out blasting work to improve occupational and public safety. Certificates of competency for blasters will be valid for five years at a time instead of ten years.
25 Apr 2016 · passed without a vote