Government bills5
- HE 158/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming working hours and protection
The Working Hours Act will be reformed to reflect modern working practices by introducing new flexible working time arrangements and a statutory working hours bank. At the same time, remote work will be brought more clearly within the scope of working hours protection, and the maximum number of consecutive night shifts will be limited.
25 Jun 2019 · 10 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Aino-Kaisa Pekonen
97 jaa74 ei - HE 53/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Enshrining state premises leasing in law
The obligation of state agencies to lease their premises primarily from the Senate Group will be transferred from a decree directly into an act. At the same time, the conditions under which premises may exceptionally be leased from other operators will be clarified.
8 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 161/2021 vpPassed
Flexible working hours in rescue services
Collective agreements will allow deviating daily and weekly working hours to be agreed, for example in rescue services, without a separate permit from the authorities. At the same time, ordering unjustified emergency work will once again be made an offence punishable by a fine.
17 Nov 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 138/2015 vpPassed
Raising public officials' retirement age
The mandatory retirement age for municipal and state officials will rise gradually to 70 years in line with the increase in the general retirement age. In addition, late payment interest will begin to apply to delayed salary claims of municipal officeholders.
4 Mar 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 75/2015 vpPassed
Reforming church central administration and funding
The central administration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church will be streamlined and the division of responsibilities between its bodies clarified. At the same time, criteria will be added to the act for distributing state funding to parishes for carrying out societal duties.
21 Dec 2015 · passed without a vote