Working life - 02.07.2018 klo 15.32

Non-disclosure agreements must not prevent problems from being raised at workplaces

Non-disclosure agreements must not prevent problems from being raised at workplaces

What is the practice as regards non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements at the workplace? Can an employer ask employees to sign non-disclosure agreements containing threats of fines or legal proceedings? What rules apply to drawing up non-disclosure agreements?

Working life - 27.06.2018 klo 14.00

Vuokko Piekkala was elected new National Conciliator

Vuokko Piekkala was elected new National Conciliator

The Council of State appointed Vuokko Piekkla, a labour market executive for the Church, to the position as National Conciliator.

Working life - 04.05.2018 klo 09.35

Summer workers: Check what sort of employment contract you sign – as a rule fixed-term employment contracts cannot be terminated

Summer workers: Check what sort of employment contract you sign – as a rule fixed-term employment contracts cannot be terminated

"The employment conditions, such as wages and other conditions of work, applied in the work contract cannot be worse than what is stated in the sector's collective agreement. If the salary according to the collective agreement is 10 euros per hour, an employer cannot pay a summer worker less", PAM’s Chief Negotiator Juha Ojala points out.

Working life - 16.03.2018 klo 15.00

Going to work via the temple, so to speak

Going to work via the temple, so to speak

Rajinder Singh says you shouldn’t work just for the money. Award-winning photographer Meeri Koutaniemi took pictures of Singh at his workplace, Hotel Scandic Park.

Working life - 02.03.2018 klo 11.40

Portraits 1/4: Maria Opoku-Aikins would feel less lonely if people just spoke to her now and again

Portraits 1/4: Maria Opoku-Aikins would feel less lonely if people just spoke to her now and again

Photographer Uwa Iduozeen wanted to show cleaner Maria Opoku-Aikins as a multifaceted human being. At the end of her working day in restaurants in Tampere, Opoku-Aikins returns to the scenery of Ylöjärvi.