The Finnish Supreme Court held in its decision rendered on 1 June 2007 (KKO:2007:50) that during an employment relationship an employer and employee can not validly agree upon terms according to which the employee waives rights or benefits provided by the mandatory provisions of the Working Hours Act (605/1996).

The Finnish Data Ombudsman ruled in November that employers can not use information on their current employees or prospective hires which is obtained by using Internet search engines, such as Google or Yahoo. Employers must collect employee’s personal information primarily from the employee; use of other sources assumes consent from the employee.

Group of companies considered a single employer entity for redundancy process.

In a high-profile case (KKO 2017:27, May 19, 2017), the Finnish supreme court specifically emphasized an employer's obligation to consider whether it can avoid termination of employment ...

Ennakkopäätöksen keskeinen viesti on, että tarjottavat tehtävät tulee valikoida ottaen huomioon työntekijän koulutus, ammattitaito ja työhistoria.

The CJEU found incompatible with EU legislation a Finnish collective agreement provision, according to which a pregnant employee who interrupts a period of unpaid parental leave to take a maternity leave does not benefit from the maintenance of the remuneration to which she would have been entitled had that period of maternity leave been preceded by a period of resumption of work.

Following the sale of a business, an employee entered into the buyer's service as a result of this sale. When working for the seller, the employee had come under the seller's supplementary retirement pension insurance.

The Supreme Court and the Labor Court of Finland recently issued judgments concerning an employee’s inappropriate behavior as grounds for terminating the employment.

As the turn of the year is fast approaching, it is a good time to summarize some key takeaways in the field of employment law from 2022 and look what we can expect from 2023. We hope that this high-level summary helps you to...

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