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EMPLOYMENT
Employment of staff requires careful planning and organizing. The process of finding the best
suitable candidate can take time.
You can start recruitment by reporting a vacancy and scan-
ning the listings of available employees in public employ-
ment and business services (www.te-service.fi). These ser-
vices are free and commonly used in Finland.
Employment contracts in Finland are free of form but a
written contract is always recommended. An employment
contract can be fixed term or of indefinite duration. A fixed-
term contract must always have justifiable grounds, such
as substitution, seasonal work, or training, for example.
An employer has the obligation to present written infor-
mation on the principal terms of work in a contract, written
or otherwise (primary duties, location of work, payment of
wages, relevant dates, working hours, calculation of annu-
al leave etc.).
An employment relationship in Finland must comply with
the minimum terms set forth in legislation regarding em-
ployment (The Employment Contracts Act, The Working
Hours Act and The Annual Holidays Act) as well as with
collective agreements.
Before concluding an employment contract, find out if
there is a generally applicable collective agreement con-
cluded for the main business sector of your enterprise, the
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