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5.6.2025 | On 5 June 2025, the Government issued a decree on sectors with labour shortages in which the holders of residence permits for employed persons may seek work more flexibly. At the same time, the Government wants to facilitate the supply of labour in sectors suffering from labour shortages.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/government-issues-a-decree-on-current-labour-shortage-sectors
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19.11.2024 | The expected recovery of the employment rate will be delayed by the labour market downturn in autumn 2024. Long-term unemployment is projected to increase until 2026.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/labour-market-forecast-employment-to-pick-up-in-2025
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22.9.2025 | The Government proposes a comprehensive reform of social assistance. The changes to be made would, for example, strengthen the obligations of recipients to apply for full-time work and primary benefits. The aim is to clarify the role of social assistance as a last-resort and temporary form of assistance, prevent social exclusion among young people and strengthen general government finances.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/comprehensive-reform-of-social-assistance-proceeds-to-parliament
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10.10.2025 | A new report assesses the components of the flexicurity model and its suitability for Finland. The model brings together flexible employment protection legislation, strong unemployment security and a broad, active labour market policy.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/senior-government-advisors-flexicurity-could-over-time-boost-employment
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9.5.2025 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health requests comments on a draft government proposal concerning the general social security benefit by 19 June 2025. This is the first stage of the extensive social security reform where different basic social security benefits will be gradually combined into a single general social security benefit.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/general-social-security-benefit-to-simplify-social-security-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health-requests-comments-on-the-first-stage-of-introducing-general-social-security-benefit
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20.5.2025 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment’s labour market forecast for spring 2025 predicts that employment will grow next year, but the number of long-term unemployed people threatens to rise to a very high level.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/forecast-finland-s-labour-market-to-improve-from-the-beginning-of-2026
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9.5.2025 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment will organise a consultation round on amending the unemployment security sanctions from 9 May to 19 June 2025. The aim is to clarify and simplify the sanctions and to make the job search of jobseekers and their participation in employment-promoting services more efficient. Another objective is to prevent prolonged unemployment and to shorten periods of unemployment.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/consultation-round-on-amending-unemployment-security-sanctions-begins
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22.9.2025 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has today published three memorandums assessing the combined impacts of the Government’s changes to social security during this parliamentary term. The memorandums focus particularly on the impacts of the comprehensive reform of social assistance.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/memorandums-assessing-combined-impacts-of-government-s-social-security-changes-now-published
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15.1.2026 | The changes to be made to social assistance will, for example, strengthen the obligations of recipients to apply for full-time work and primary benefits. The overall reform of social assistance aims to clarify the role of social assistance as a last-resort and temporary form of assistance, prevent social exclusion among young people and strengthen general government finances.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/changes-to-social-assistance-to-take-effect-on-1-february-2026
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22.9.2025 | The Government has submitted a proposal to Parliament for an act on general social security benefit. In the first stage, the general social security benefit would be a new social security benefit for unemployed jobseekers, replacing labour market subsidy and basic unemployment allowance. The legislation concerning the general social security benefit is scheduled to enter into force on 1 May 2026.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/general-social-security-benefit-is-step-towards-simpler-social-security-system
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30.4.2026 | FINNISH GOVERNMENT PO Box 23, FI-00023 Government, Finland vn.fi/en Tel. +358 295 16001 VALTIONEUVOSTO PL 23, 00023 Valtioneuvosto vn.fi p. 0295 16001 1(6) Measures to support economic growth, employment and households decided on in the government...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/documents/194055633/221331025/Appendix+3+Measures+to+support+economic+growth,+employment+and+households+decided+in+the+government+spending+limits+session+on+22+April+20.pdf/7766df3c-bad9-a7d3-387a-998fe0e84b57?t=1777546432580
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10.9.2025 | VALTIONEUVOSTO PL 23, 00023 Valtioneuvosto vn.fi p. 0295 16001 STATSRÅDET PB 23, 00023 Statsrådet vn.fi/sv Tfn 0295 16001 1(2) Employment package decided on in the government budget session Employment voucher for young people • The Government will...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/documents/194055633/221331025/Government+budget+session,+package+of+measures+to+boost+employment+2+September+2025.pdf/9ffd7dac-fbe2-be69-0a3a-69db80e6c18a?t=1757503615929
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5.1.2026 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health invites comments on the integration support. The comments should be submitted by 16 February 2026.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/comments-on-the-new-integration-support-are-requested
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14.11.2025 | A turning point is expected in Finland’s labour market by the end of 2025. Growth in employment is projected to accelerate in 2027, and unemployment to begin falling more clearly.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/labour-market-forecast-employment-to-pick-up-by-the-end-of-2025
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Progress of the government action plan to combat racism The government action plan to combat racism and promote equality implements the policies set out in the equality statement issued by the Government. The selected measures are based on an asse...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/promoting-equality/progress-of-the-action-plan
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15.1.2026 | In the first stage, the general social security benefit will be a new social security benefit for unemployed jobseekers, replacing the existing labour market subsidy and basic unemployment allowance. The legislation on the general social security benefit is scheduled to enter into force on 1 May 2026.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/new-general-social-security-benefit-to-replace-labour-market-subsidy-and-basic-unemployment-allowance-as-from-1-may-2026
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26.2.2026 | The new digital Competency Path service provides support for making education and career choices, helping people maintain and develop their skills throughout their careers.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/competency-path-service-supports-education-and-career-choices
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4.6.2026 | The Government is proposing a new type of integration assistance. The general social security benefit would be paid as integration assistance to immigrants registered as unemployed jobseekers who do not meet the prior work requirement or have lived in Finland for less than three years.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/new-integration-assistance-to-improve-incentives-to-work-and-strengthen-language-skills
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11.5.2026 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is requesting comments on a proposal to create a new task for the employment authorities. The draft proposal will be circulated for comments from 11 May to 12 June 2026. It partly implements the entry of the Programme of Prime Minister Orpo’s Government concerning rehabilitative work. The aim is to launch activities for persons who have been unemplo...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/consultation-round-begins-on-new-tool-to-improve-employment-conditions-of-long-term-unemployed-people
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7.6.2021 | In the Nordic labour market service model, jobseekers would apply for work on their own initiative and receive individual and intensive support for their job search at an earlier stage. Jobseekers would be required to apply for a certain number of jobs in order to continue their right to receive unemployment security. A jobseeker would receive a reminder in the first case of forgetfulness or neglect.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/jobseekers-to-receive-more-individual-support-in-proposed-nordic-labour-market-service-model-now-out-for-commentsausuntokierrokselle