Government bills12
- HE 74/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming integration and language training services
Integration and language training services will be reformed by emphasising immigrants' personal responsibility, language learning and employment. Funding for the services will be consolidated into a single channel within the central government transfers to municipalities for basic public services, and the system will be streamlined to achieve savings.
22 Jun 2026 · 1 vote102 jaa85 ei - HE 13/2026 vpPassed
Securing general support during training
Jobseekers will receive general support during labour market training and supported study without a separate waiting period. At the same time, the Act will allow provisions to be laid down by decree on taking capital gains from business assets into account in general support.
22 Apr 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 93/2023 vpPassed
Continuing North Calotte labour market training
Finland will continue joint Nordic labour market training at the North Calotte Education Foundation in 2024–2027. The agreement ensures that Finnish students have the opportunity to complete vocational education and training in Sweden.
11 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 11/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining unemployment security and employment services
Clarifications and corrections will be made to the rules on unemployment security, employment services, and pay guarantee. The amendments will speed up the processing of unemployment security matters and clarify the job search requirement.
26 Oct 2023 · 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 204/2020 vpPassed
Higher education as labour market training
Jobseekers could complete unfinished or supplementary higher education studies as labour market training. The change would speed up employment and relieve skills shortages for companies.
8 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 94/2019 vpPassed
Continuing funding for North Calotte training
Finland will approve the co-operation agreement with Sweden and Norway concerning the North Calotte Education Foundation for the years 2020–2023. The agreement guarantees Finnish students training places in vocational labour market training organised by the foundation.
12 Dec 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 39/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Vocational education and training reform
Vocational education and training for young people and adults will be combined into a single system in which studies are individually tailored for each student. The funding and steering of education will be reformed to emphasize the acquisition of skills and employment rather than study time alone.
6 Jul 2017 · 23 votes112 jaa57 ei - HE 19/2017 vpPassed
New degrees through labour market training
Unemployed people or those facing the threat of unemployment who already hold a higher education degree could study for a new higher education degree as labour market training. The aim of the amendment is to rapidly ease labour shortages for businesses, especially in the construction sector.
27 Apr 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 178/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming adult basic and literacy education
Basic education for adults and persons past compulsory school age, preparatory education and literacy instruction will be combined into a single coherent educational path. The reform will clarify studies and speed up immigrants' transition to further education and working life.
23 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 211/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Improving change security and occupational healthcare
Employees dismissed on production-related or financial grounds will be guaranteed the right to employer-funded coaching and six months of occupational health care. The reform applies to organisations with at least 30 employees and individuals who have been employed for at least five years.
21 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 91/2015 vpPassed
Continuing North Calotte labour market training
Finland will continue purchasing labour market training places from the North Calotte Education Foundation in 2016–2019. The agreement is concluded together with Sweden and Norway.
27 Nov 2015 · passed without a vote