The outbreak of the coronavirus will have a significant impact on the work and family life of construction professionals. New coronavirus information and interpretations of the information appear daily. This news article outlines the most important facts in English. The latest updated information can be found on our website in Finnish. Illness and quarantine I […]
The Finnish Construction Trade Union and the Confederation of Finnish Construction Industries RT negotiated an agreement for all the branches between the unions on 9 May 2018. The Board of Directors of the Finnish Construction Trade Union accepted the agreements on 15 May 2018, which were later also accepted in employers’ unions. There are common […]
Why are we on strike? The collective agreement negotiations of the Finnish Construction Trade Union’s contract fields have not been successful. The employers continue to offer the raise defined by the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) that has been under public debate. Furthermore, the employers want the Finnish Construction Trade Union to accept retrospectively impairments […]
In all the Finnish Construction Trade Union’s collective agreement sectors starting from 1 March 2018 During the overtime prohibition all the employees of the Finnish Construction Trade Union’s collective agreement sectors will work only from Monday to Friday at 07:00–16:00. Working hours that deviate from this and that were already valid before 1 February […]
Builders will stop working on Friday, 2 February 2018, at 00:00 The strike will continue all day until 24:00. The strike applies to all sectors in the collective agreement, excluding such processes in the building product industries that require stopping production at an earlier stage. In unclear situations, you can ask the union representative of […]
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At Work in Finland – The employee rights advisory service for immigrants responds between 9 and 11 a.m. and between 12 and 3 p.m. on Monday to Thursday. Advice is available in Finnish and in English. Telephone 0800 414 004 or e-mail workinfinland@sak.fi. The advice is free of charge. Call charges will be billed by […]
EFBWW Safety and Health Action Days 2015 The EFBWW will be organising European occupational safety and health action days for the fifth time this year. The action days are scheduled from 26 to 30 October. This year’s event is taking place against a particularly challenging backdrop, as precarious work continues to increase. A key feature […]
