Author: paka
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Checklist for the unemployed
When your employment is terminated, check the following: When your employment ends, make sure that the reason for ending itis legal. Ask your employer for a written notice and references. If you seek unemployment benefits, ask your employer for a payroll statement. Heading for the next job and ensuring subsistence Register at the employment office as a…
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What to do if your child falls ill?
Legally, you have a right to stay on a temporary childcare leave for four days, if your under 10-year old child suddenly falls ill. If the child falls ill on a Friday, you can stay on a temporary childcare leave until Wednesday. If you had had work at the weekend, you have to return to…
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What union to join?
Trade unions consist of associations with employees as members. A trade union is a community supporting the profession and present in the daily life of the workplace. In this community members at the workplace can jointly affect common issues. Contact your shop steward for more information on what union they represent and what union negotiates the collective labour…
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What is a collective labour agreement?
The agreements between employer and employee organizations are called collective labour agreements (tes). The state, municipalities and parishes have employees in service and agreements concerning them are called collective bargaining agreements on civil servant salaries (ves). A collective labour agreement can be a generally binding or a so-called normally applicable agreement. Collective labour agreements and the…
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What is a strike? What about industrial action?
Industrial action usually occurs in a situation where the trade union representing employees and the employer organization representing employers cannot reach an agreement on the pay and the conditions for work. These issues are agreed on in a collective labour agreement. When the agreement period of the collective labour agreement ends and the negotiations on employees’ pay and…
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Income support
Sometimes the situation in life suddenly changes for example due to unemployment or a prolonged illness. In Finland, financial safety nets make sure that you will never be left with nothing. The basic income support is granted to households whose income does not suffice for the necessary daily expenses, such as housing and food. The…
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Aptitude testing in connection with recruitment
Personnel assessment i.e. so-called aptitude tests can be conducted in connection to recruitments or during the employment. The candidate’s consent is always required for personnel testing. The aim of personnel testing conducted in connection to recruitment is to establish if the applicant is suited for the organization and the vacancy there. It provides the potential…
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Drug tests for employees
The employer may require that you take a drug test if you have been elected to a job that requires accuracy, reliability, independent discretion or good reaction ability. Jobs in which the use of drugs could compromise and endanger: your own or another person’s life or health occupational safety and health national defence security of…
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Occupational safety delegate and occupational safety officer
Occupational safety is carried out by the occupational safety officer and the occupational safety delegates in the workplace. The occupational safety officer is appointed by the employer. The occupational safety delegate acts as the employee representative in the occupational safety and health cooperation. The employer can personally act as the occupational safety and health manager in the workplace,…
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Licenses and cards
Many fields require a certificate granted by an official to prove that you manage issues relevant for occupational safety in your work. According to the law, for instance someone dealing with unpacked, easily perishable foodstuffs in their work must take a test to attain a hygiene passport. This article presents the most common licences and cards.…