Author: paka

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Summer job hotline helped hundreds of young people

| 10.10.2014

Some 550 people have called the hotline that counsels young people working in summer jobs. The service is... Read more

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Ukrainian crisis hits Finnish economic growth

| 9.10.2014

The negative impact of the Ukraine crisis on Finland’s economic growth is turning out to be greater than... Read more

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Industry unions support building new nuclear power plant

| 19.9.2014

The government decided to grant the Finnish Fennovoima company permission to go ahead with a new minority shareholder... Read more

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Pension reform on the door

| 21.8.2014

Labour market organisations are struggling to negotiate a reform of the pension system. The reform aims to ensure... Read more

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Outsourcing does not make public services better, Finnish politicians believe

| 13.8.2014

More than half of Finnish politicians believe that outsourcing makes it more difficult to get equal access to... Read more

Finnish politicians ready to defend Nordic welfare model

| 22.5.2014

More than 90 per cent of Finnish politicians expressed a desire to defend the Nordic welfare model in... Read more

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Education enhances democracy and civil rights

| 20.5.2014

All the congress themes of ITUC are important. However, STTK, the Finnish confederation of professionals, thinks that education... Read more

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Confederations support campaign to reduce use of alcohol and problems created by it

| 27.1.2014

Alcohol results in some two million days of absence from work every year in Finland. The harm caused... Read more

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A New Year and some new laws and regulations

| 27.1.2014

2014 brings with it some changes in regard to unemployment benefits, parental leave and developing employees’ professional skills.... Read more