Work

Finland

Why do people work part-time in EU countries?

The Nomad Today 9/18/19

In Finland, 326,000 persons did part-time work in 2018, of which 217,000 were women and 109,000 were men.

Finland

Why you should request an employment certificate when your work relationship ends

The Nomad Today 9/17/19

The Employment Contracts Act states you have the right to request a written certificate from your employer that specifies how long you have been working and the nature of your duties. Only if you…

Finland

Talent Boost summit

Finland seeks the key to retain international talent

The Nomad Today 9/12/19

Unemployment among foreigners almost quadruples that of the entire economy, despite calls from the Government to employers to change attitudes and incorporate more professionals with foreign…

Finland

Finland supports employment of refugee women in Jordan with 2 million

The Nomad Today 9/10/19

Beneficiaries are Syrian refugee women and Jordanian women in the most vulnerable position. The project also seeks to prevent violence against women through education campaigns and to promote women's…

Finland

2,600 euros per month, the most common earnings for employees in 2018

The Nomad Today 9/6/19

For wage and salary earners with vocational qualifications the most common monthly income was 2,300 euros. Among them, ICT professionals were the best paid.

Economy & Business

The lowest unemployment rate in the euro area since 2008

The Nomad Today 8/30/19

There are still 15.6 million unemployed persons in the EU, of whom 12.3 million in the euro area. In Finland, unemployment rate increased slightly in July compared to the previous month but…

Finland

Migri will charge 20€ for the certificates of right to work of asylum seekers

The Nomad Today 8/26/19

Employers are required by law to check the right to work of their employees. Until now, they could do it with a simple telephone call, but as of 1 September they must request a certificate and pay a…

Finland

Health and retail offer the largest number of job vacancies in Finland

The Nomad Today 8/19/19

The number of open job positions was 50,900 in the second quarter of 2019. Employers estimated that 60% of them (around 30,500 vacancies) were hard to fill. The field that reduced most the…

Finland

23.7% of the foreign workforce is unemployed

The Nomad Today 8/7/19

70.4% of the men and women who make up the foreign workforce live in three Finnish regions. Swedish-speaking Åland archipelago is the area with the lowest percentage of unemployment among…

Finland

Rinne wants to eliminate the activation model that punishes job seekers for not finding work

The Nomad Today 8/2/19

"I don’t believe that it has produced a single new job", the Finnish Primer Minister remarked in an interview with Yle.

Work

Unemployment in the EU falls to lowest level in this century

The Nomad Today 8/1/19

Eurostat estimates that 15.67 million men and women in the European Union, of whom 12.377 million in the euro area, were unemployed in June 2019. The lowest unemployment rates were recorded in…

Finland

Finnish study says unemployment mentally erodes men more than women

The Nomad Today 7/31/19

According to a study by the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare, poor men experience more profound worthlessness than women. Researchers explain that men also feel alone if…

Finland

254,200 jobseekers registered in employment offices

The Nomad Today 7/23/19

During the last 12 months, unemployment fell in Finland in most categories, also among people over 50 years-old and among long-term unemployed. The number of unfilled vacancies at employment offices…

Finland

88.3% of university young graduates in Finland are employed

The Nomad Today 7/5/19

Finland's figures reveal a worrisome reality: the average employment rate among highly educated men shoots up to almost 97%, while for women it is just 83.4%, according to Eurostat.

Finland

Finland, the sixth EU country with the most unemployment

The Nomad Today 7/1/19

The situation is specially complicated among young people under 25 years old. Unemployment affects 16.7% of them, a rate higher than the averages recorded both in the EU (14.3%) and in the euro…

World

Which is the European country with more NEETs?

The Nomad Today 6/28/19

In Finland the average rate of young NEETs is good 3 points lower (13.1%) than the EU average. However, there are also big differences between young males (10.4%) and females (15.9%).

Entrepreneurs in Finland

Statutory responsibilities and obligations when establishing a company (I)

Jukka Autio 6/27/19

Starting a new business entails compliance with a series of statutory responsibilities and obligations. Read here what entrepreneurs must know about mandatory licenses, registers, insurances,…

Finland

The number of unemployed in Finland decreased to 249,000 in May

The Nomad Today 6/25/19

The unemployment rate is lower among women (8.5%) than among men (9%), according to Statistics Finland's Labour Force Survey. The number of unemployed job seekers registered  at the employment…

Finland

The rate of part-time work among Finnish women is twice that of men

The Nomad Today 6/24/19

In 2018, the share of people aged 20-64 years old who worked part-time in the European Union stood at 19%, according to Eurostat.

Finland

Mental disorders are already the main cause of sick leave in Finland

The Nomad Today 6/20/19

According to Kela, in 2018 sick leaves due to mental disorders increased by half a million days, up to 4.6 million days. The second most common ground are sicknesses of the musculoskeletal system.