Working in Finland
 | Guide to employment of foreigners in Finland (154 kB) Confederation of Finnish Construction Industries RT and Finnish Construction Trade Union 2007 |
| Tapaturma_ENG.pdf (285 kB) Insurance against an accident at work or occupational disease for employees coming to Finland |
Links to other web-pages
What every enployment should know?
Information on workingliferules in Finland
Guide to work in Finland
Working in Finland - Information about living and working in Finland (pdf)
InTo Finland
In To is the service point of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) and the Finnish Tax Administration for those coming to work in Finland. It gives advice and instructions to those moving to the Helsinki Metropolitan Area about the matters that first arise on coming to Finland.
INFO BANK
The pages of Info Bank contain important basic information for immigrants on the functioning of society and opportunities in Finland.
NORDIC SOCIAL INSURANCE PORTAL
This portal has been set up by the social insurance authorities in the Nordic countries. The gateway is directed at persons who move to/take up work or study in another Nordic country.
Construction Mobility Information Net (ECMIN)
Know your rights in the European construction sites
You are working as a construction worker?
You are thinking of working abroad in an European country?
Organisations:
Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions
Trade Union Solidarity Centre of Finland
Extortionate work discrimination
involves a situation where the employer puts the employee in an extremely disadvantageous position by means of, for example, exploiting the employee's dependent status, ignorance or lack of understanding. In almost all cases, this involves foreign employees who are unable to demand their rights due to their ignorance, an inability to speak the language and dependency on the employer.
The situation becomes more akin to human trafficking if the work is done in conditions that are extremely negligent in terms of occupational safety and health or that are demeaning to the individual. In some cases, the employee is forced to pay the employer or a representative of the employer thousands of euros in their home country in order to come to Finland to work. This obligation thus gives the employer control over the employee even before arriving in Finland.
Have you been exploited?
- you are staying illegally in the country
- you do not have any identity documents or passport
- you or your immediate family are being threatened
- you only know your native language
- you owe money to somenone