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What changes in Finland in 2021

The new year always brings changes in legislation. In our first blog of 2021, we take a look at what changes in Finland this year.

January 7, 2021January 28, 2022Living in Finland, Working in Finland

Employee or not: how to tell the difference

Sometimes it’s not entirely clear whether accepting a job will make you an employee or not. Here, we go through situations that are tricky. We tell you what the general rules are and why it’s important to know what your status is.

December 17, 2020January 28, 2022Working in Finland

Statistics Finland: The majority of critical workers women

This week Statistics Finland published an online article on the critical workers in Finland. We take a look at what it said. This continues a conversation we started in March.

December 10, 2020January 28, 2022Working in Finland

What it’s like to work in Finland: Working Life Barometer 2019

The 2019 Working Life Barometer was just published. We’ll see what that tells you about what it’s like to work in Finland.

November 12, 2020January 28, 2022Working in Finland

A look at fixed-term employment contracts in Finland

In this blog post, we talk about fixed-term employment contracts in Finland: who does them, what are they like, and how people view them.

October 1, 2020January 28, 2022Working in Finland

Interesting new insights into gender segregation in the Finnish labor market

In this blog, we review a recent short study by Statistics Finland. It reveals interesting insights into gender segregation in the Finnish labor market.

September 23, 2020January 28, 2022Working in Finland

3 online courses on employment relationships in Finland

We currently have 3 self-guided online courses on employment relationships in Finland. Here we introduce them all.

September 8, 2020January 28, 2022Finnwards News

Discrimination in the Finnish job market: pay surveys to the rescue?

In this blog post we examine pay surveys as a possible tool to tackle ethnic discrimination in the Finnish job market.

August 27, 2020January 28, 2022Working in Finland

Salaries in Finland, part II: a focused look

In our second blog about salaries in Finland, we talk about the median salaries of professions related to those with foreign background in Finland.

August 13, 2020January 28, 2022Working in Finland

Finnish salary levels, part I: an overview

In this first blog of our two-part series on Finnish salary levels, we discuss Finnish salary levels in general with a focus on private and public sectors.

August 6, 2020January 28, 2022Working in Finland

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