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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...

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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...

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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...

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...

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STTK On women’s payday: Equal pay for equal work and work of equal value

| 16.11.2021

This year, women’s earnings are 84.3 per cent of men’s earnings. Based on this, Women’s PayDay was celebrated...

Gorschkow, Elena

Elena Gorschkow | 13.2.2020

I plan and implement STTK’s advocacy work in cooperation with the management, experts and member unions. I drink...