Working life - 24.01.2019 klo 16.15

A human-centred agenda is needed in the transformation of work

The International Labour Organisation ILO celebrates its 100th anniversary. New ways to work and the effects of globalisation and digitalization on the position of workers are in focus when ILO promotes decent work and fair working conditions all over the world.

Working life - 11.01.2019 klo 13.00

Safari companies are more professional but work is still seasonal

Safari guides in Lapland, like Sanna Heinonen, take their foreign clients to reindeer and husky farms or to snowshoe walks. The strongly growing sector has become more professional but is still very seasonal.

Working life - 05.11.2018 klo 22.30

Employer-employee consultations at Restamax end with an unfortunate outcome

The restaurant and labour hire company Restamax has ended its employer-employee consultations, resulting in a reduction of 200 jobs and 40 jobs being made part-time.

Working life - 05.11.2018 klo 13.25

A range of tools are needed to fight social dumping

Social dumping, i.e. exploitation of workers, can be seen in service sectors as underpay or too long working hours, for example. Social dumping can be countered through collective agreements, monitoring and criminalisation of underpay.

Working life - 01.11.2018 klo 14.53

What will your job be like in 15 years?

Futurologist Juha Kaskinen expects that in future knowledge work will become part of all jobs. In service sector professions, awareness of foreign cultures will become increasingly important.

Working life - 18.10.2018 klo 14.11

PAM members to join JHL strike

PAM members working at sites affected by the strike announced by JHL and due to start on 22 October will join the strike. They will get strike pay via JHL.

Working life - 10.10.2018 klo 11.00

How to get rid of prejudice at work?

We asked four working life experts how to cut down prejudice towards employees with immigrant background in the workplace. Read our survey results below.

Working life - 02.10.2018 klo 13.55

Trade unions did not warm up to the Government’s softened version of the dismissal law

The Government announced that the easing of dismissals would only apply to businesses with less than 10 employees. The trade union movement did not warm up to this and a couple of other concessions.

Working life - 22.09.2018 klo 17.00

Restamax starts cooperation negotiations affecting nearly 1,000 employees

Cooperation negotiations affect those nearly 1,000 restaurant workers who were previously employed by Royal Restaurants.

Working life - 05.07.2018 klo 15.03

Almost half of all contacts, which are made to the employee rights advisory service for immigrants, comes from the service sectors

The SAK lawyer explains the amount of contacts from the service sectors by the fact that employees of foreign origin often get their first employment specifically in these sectors.