Abolishing the Labour Council and Co-operation Ombudsman

The Labour Council and the Office of the Co-operation Ombudsman will be abolished, and their supervisory duties transferred to other authorities. Appeals against occupational safety and health exemption permits will be made directly to the Labour Court, and a new supervisory fee will be introduced for personnel funds.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Työnantajan kieltäytymisoikeus säästövapaan ajankohtaan

Työntekijä ei voisi enää jatkossa päättää yksipuolisesti siitä, milloin hän pitää säästämänsä vuosilomat. Työnantaja saisi oikeuden kieltäytyä työntekijän esittämästä ajankohdasta, jos vapaasta aiheutuisi toiminnalle haittaa tai se estäisi lomien tasapuolisen sijoittamisen.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Virkamiesten turvallisuusselvitysten laajentaminen palvelussuhteeseen

Valtion virastot saavat oikeuden teettää virkamiehistään turvallisuusselvityksiä koko palvelussuhteen ajan eikä vain palvelukseen otettaessa. Jos virkamies kieltäytyy tehtävän edellyttämästä selvityksestä, hänet voidaan väliaikaisesti pidättää virantoimituksesta.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Laki digitaalisten palvelujen tarjoamisesta annetun lain muuttamisesta

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Abolishing regional sports councils

Regional sports councils will be abolished as a result of the reform of central government regional administration. Regional administration of sports matters will be centralised in the national Licensing and Supervisory Agency without separate regional expert bodies.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Prohibiting overlapping higher education places

Higher education students will no longer be able to hold multiple study rights leading to degrees at the same or a lower level at the same time. If a student accepts a new higher education place, any existing right to study at the same or a lower level will automatically expire.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Expanding disclosure of intelligence information

The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) and military intelligence will be permitted to disclose information on suspected serious offences more extensively to the police and other crime prevention authorities. In addition, Supo will be able to disclose information directly to the Nato defence alliance and certain EU bodies.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Clarifying agricultural support conditions and implementation

Applying for agricultural support, support conditions and monitoring would be streamlined. The threshold for the obligation to restore permanent grassland would be eased, and inspection visits for environmental agreements would be brought forward to avoid clawbacks.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Pay transparency and preventing pay discrimination

Jobseekers and employees will be guaranteed the right to receive more transparent information on pay in order to prevent gender-based pay discrimination. Large employers will be required to investigate and report gender pay gaps regularly.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Protecting partial early old-age pensions

A partial early old-age pension granted before 16 January 2026 will not reduce the general support received by an unemployed person. The change rectifies the situation for people who, when making their pension decision, did not know that it would affect the amount of the new general support.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Wider use of Incomes Register data

Municipal employment authorities and the KEHA Centre will obtain the right to make wider use of data from the Incomes Register. The change will streamline the targeting and monitoring of employment services as well as the disbursement of government grants.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Introducing biodiversity markets and restoration plan

Finland will introduce rules for drafting the EU national nature restoration plan and enable the trading of nature-enhancing actions for companies' voluntary corporate responsibility work. At the same time, provisions on wolf protection will be transferred entirely from the Nature Conservation Act to hunting legislation.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Arranging operations of NATO headquarters in Finland

Finland will approve an agreement defining the rights and status of NATO international military headquarters and their personnel to be stationed in the country. The arrangement will enable the smooth operation of the headquarters, the use of premises, and the entry and privileges of personnel and their families.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Reforming insurance company solvency and supervision

Solvency, supervision and risk management regulation for insurance companies will be reformed in line with the EU Solvency II Directive. Simplified procedures will be introduced for small operators and the supervisory authority will be given new tools to intervene in market disruptions.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Reforming banking regulation and supervision

Finnish legislation on credit institutions will be brought into line with the EU's latest banking package to improve the stability of the financial system. Banks will face new risk management obligations and supervisory authorities will be granted broader powers.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Permitting nuclear weapon import and transit

Finland will permit the import, transport and possession of nuclear weapons as part of the collective defence of the military alliance Nato or defence cooperation. The manufacture, acquisition and detonation of nuclear weapons will remain completely prohibited in Finland.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Making customs decisions primarily electronic

Decisions and other documents from Finnish Customs will be delivered to customers primarily electronically. Paper mail will be used only when electronic communication is not possible or the customer specifically requests it.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded

Reforming the taxation of permanent establishments

The taxation of companies' establishments located in different countries will be clarified in line with international models. Internal dealings between parts of an enterprise, such as royalties and service fees, can be taken into account more comprehensively when calculating the taxable income of an establishment.

Sari Raassina: No vote recorded