2006 - 2007

December

• 27.12.2007 Ministry of Employment and the Economy´s Contact Information from 1st January 2008
• 21.12.2007 New introduction video will attract professionally qualified people to Finland
• 21.12.2007 Compliments of the Season

November

• 08.11.2007 Finnish working opportunities will be presented in Warsaw 14.11.
• 07.11.2007 EU Commission approves Finland's ESF Programme for 2007-2013

October

• 25.10.2007 Additional impetus from the EU in 2007-2013: A new Structural Fund period launched
• 18.10.2007 Government bill: New Non-Military Service Act reduces service period to 362 days
• 11.10.2007 Facilitations proposed for cross-border restructuring operations

April

• 04.04.2007 Ministry of Labour project group: Monitoring of discrimination must be made more efficient

March

• 29.03.2007 Reformed Act on Cooperation within Undertakings to enter into force on 1 July

February

• 01.02.2007 A proposal for the ESF Programme for 2007-2013: The ESF Programme will support employment, growth and competitiveness

January

• 24.01.2007 What is needed for another EU member state citizen to find a job in Finland?

December

• 27.12.2006 Expanding EU: No transition periods for citizens of Bulgaria and Romania
• 21.12.2006 Government proposals: Employment of the disabled and the long-term unemployed facilitated
• 19.12.2006 The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to start operations in the beginning of next year
• 04.12.2006 Minister of Labour Tarja Filatov at the Conference on promoting decent work in the world the Contribution of the EU in Brussels, 4. December 2006
• 04.12.2006 Agreement reached on the European Globalisation Fund

November

• 22.11.2006 Minister of Labour Tarja Filatov: The role of Corporate Social Responsibility in controlling globalisation
• 15.11.2006 The new European Social Fund programming period 2007-2013
• 03.11.2006 Parliament to debate bill reforming the Act on Cooperation within Undertakings

October

• 27.10.2006 EU labour and social ministers are searching for a solution for the working time directive
• 23.10.2006 Finland to hold additional EU Council meeting on European working time Directive
• 19.10.2006 Government approved immigration policy programme
• 17.10.2006 Ms Tarja Filatov, Minister of Labour at the Working Time Seminar of the European Parliament and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in Brussels, 17 October 2006
• 16.10.2006 Ms Tarja Filatov, Minister of Labour at the Employment Conference "Towards Higher Productivity and Better Employment" in Espoo
• 04.10.2006 Ms Tarja Filatov, Minister of Labour at the EUMC European Round Table Conference in Helsinki, 4 October 2006

September

• 26.09.2006 Introducing the residence permit sticker with photo
• 26.09.2006 The finnwork website explains Finnish working life rules to foreigners
• 19.09.2006 Statement by Minister Filatov on behalf of the EU at the UN High-level Meeting on Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 in New York, 18 September 2006
• 15.09.2006 Ms Tarja Filatov, Minister of Labour at the UN High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development in New York, 14 September 2006
• 15.09.2006 The Year of Mobility culminates with fairs around Europe
• 14.09.2006 Minister of Labour Filatov to participate in the UN High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development in New York
• 07.09.2006 Legislative proposal to the Parliament on customer liability
• 04.09.2006 Ms Tarja Filatov, Minister of Labour at the ASEM Labour and Employment ministers meeting in Potsdam, 4 September 2006

July

• 11.07.2006 Ms Tarja Filatov, Minister of Labour at the European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs in Brussels, 10 July 2006
• 07.07.2006 Working life flexicurity, equality and working capacity discussed at EU ministerial meeting
• 06.07.2006 EU employment, social affairs and health ministers gather in Helsinki
• 06.07.2006 EU, labour market organisations and NGOs want to develop the quality of working life and wellbeing at work
• 04.07.2006 Minister of Labour Tarja Filatov at the UN Economic and Social Council High-level Segment Meeting in Geneva

June

• 19.06.2006 The Finnish EU Presidency at the Ministry of Labour, 1 July - 31 December 2006
• 14.06.2006 Working Group proposes system to help victims of human trafficking
• 07.06.2006 Minister of Labour Tarja Filatov at the International Labour Conference in Geneva
• 02.06.2006 Labour Administration to concentrate the permit matters of foreigners

May

• 16.05.2006 EU Directors General for Industrial Relations to meet in Helsinki
• 11.05.2006 Ombudsman for Minorities Rainer Hiltunen: Equality Act not applied in matters involving work discrimination
• 02.05.2006 Finland will not continue to apply transition periods for free movement of workers of the new EU member states

March

• 08.03.2006 The Government of Finland proposes lifting transition periods for new EU member states

February

• 13.02.2006 Finland is opening her borders to the labour of new EU countries

January

• 11.01.2006 Coming to work in Finland

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