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Employment crisis follows closely on the heels of coronavirus crisis

| 3.4.2020

Helsinki (02.04.2020 – Heikki Jokinen) Redundancies and temporary lay-offs due to the coronavirus pandemic are rising at an...

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Temporary Layoff – And How Does Corona Change It?

| 30.3.2020

Layoff means the temporary suspension of work and pay. The employment relationship remains otherwise unchanged. A temporary layoff...

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Social partners’ proposals to help businesses in the corona crisis – “The initiative aims to support businesses as well as the workers throughout the crisis”

Maria Häggman | 20.3.2020

A list of proposals aimed at easing the situation of companies hit by the corona crisis has been...

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Coronavirus effect on the collective bargaining round

| 19.3.2020

Helsinki (19.03.2020 – Heikki Jokinen) The Coronavirus pandemic is having an effect on the ongoing collective bargaining round,...

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Income differences between employees and CEOs have risen dramatically in just one year

| 12.3.2020

There is clear evidence that the income gap between employees and publicly listed company chief executives has widened...

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Population ageing mismatches lives and Finnish society

| 23.2.2020

Finland’s population is ageing rapidly. While the share of individuals aged 65 years and older was still 15...

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Technology industry to get 3.3 per cent pay rise

| 7.1.2020

After several months of negotiations the new collective agreement for the technology industry was accepted on Saturday 4...

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Union struggle prevents pay cuts in the City of Turku in Finland

| 18.12.2019

Helsinki (18.12.2019 – Heikki Jokinen) The long struggle concerning terms of work in the City of Turku owned...

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European Green Deal: More detail on just transition needed

| 12.12.2019

Commenting on the ‘European Green Deal’ announced today, ETUC General Secretary Luca Visentini said: “With Europe facing a...