equality

Press release

STTK on Women’s Pay Day: The Pay Transparency Directive reveals Finland’s true will for equality

Antti Palola | 31.10.2025

Naisten palkkapäivää vietetään tänä vuonna sunnuntaina 2. marraskuuta. Se tarkoittaa, että naiset tekevät töitä lähes kaksi kuukautta ilman...

Press release

STTK: The Government’s legislative projects weaken women’s position in working life

Antti Palola | 10.3.2025

The Finnish Government is planning to lower the dismissal threshold and allow fixed-term employment of up to one...

Press release

STTK on Equal Pay Day: Export model and unambitious promotion of salary transparency undermine pay equality

| 7.11.2024

This year, the Equal Pay Day is on Tuesday, 5 November. On that day, women’s earnings account for...

News

ETUC Women’s Committee statement on the Finnish government’s working life reforms on gender equality and on women’s position in the labour market

| 8.4.2024

With this statement, the ETUC Women’s Committee wishes to express our strong disappointment and deep concern about the...

Kirvesniemi, Ville

Ville Kirvesniemi | 8.1.2024

An expert in equality and non-discrimination matters. , ville.kirvesniemi@sttk.fi, +358 40 681 8312,

Equality and non-discrimination

| 7.12.2022

In Finland, equality between genders is a generally recognised fundamental value in society and working life. Equality in...