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  1. 22.12.2025 | As of 1 January 2026, an employment relationship may be terminated on less weightier grounds if the employee violates the obligations arising from the employment relationship. Whether sufficient grounds for dismissal exist will continue to be based on a comprehensive consideration, and dismissal may not take place for a minor or discriminatory reason.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/lower-threshold-for-dismissal-if-employee-breaches-obligations
  2. 7.4.2026 | The evaluation explored the objectives of the Climate Act and the means to achieve these from the perspectives of impact, cost-effectiveness and acceptability. The process was led by the Ministry of the Environment. Meeting the objectives requires additional measures, especially in the land use sector.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/objectives-of-climate-act-evaluated-finland-s-objectives-are-in-line-with-international-agreements-and-eu-obligations
  3. 26.3.2026 | Under the Government’s proposal, the obligation to produce sustainability reports would only apply to large companies. Going forward, the reporting obligation would only apply to companies with a turnover of over EUR 450 million that employ more than 1,000 people. As a result, the number of companies subject to the reporting obligation in Finland would fall from 1,300 to 130.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/government-proposes-to-further-reduce-sustainability-reporting-obligations-of-companies
  4. 16.1.2025 | The Government of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has drawn up a Government Integration Programme for 2024–2027. The programme includes 32 measures based on the Government Programme. Integration policy is based on the learning of Finnish or Swedish, employment, familiarisation with Finnish society and compliance with its rules.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/government-integration-programme-emphasises-employment-personal-responsibility-and-obligations
  5. 5.12.2025 | The Government has decided to set up a fixed-term state aid scheme for data centres. The Government will also launch a cross-administrative legislative project to establish a register of data centres and lay down the related obligations. These decisions were made by the Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy in its Friday 5 December meeting, where the committee also decided that the security authorities would explore the security aspects related to data centres.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-committee-on-economic-policy-decides-on-state-aid-for-data-centres-and-registration-obligation
  6. 7.3.2024 | On 7 March 2024, the Finnish Government submitted to Parliament a proposal concerning the implementation of the amendments made to the guidelines of the Maritime Labour Convention of the International Labour Organization in 2022. The proposal would adopt the amendments and bring them into force at the national level.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/new-obligations-proposed-for-providers-of-private-employment-services-in-maritime-sector
  7. 9.2.2024 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has published Finland’s policies on procedures for enforcing the mandatory obligations of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and for ensuring the compliance of the maritime administration. The policies are part of the preparations for the IMO audit.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/finland-publishes-policies-on-meeting-imo-obligations-concerning-maritime-administration
  8. 28.3.2023 | The EU Member States, the European Parliament and the European Commission have reached a provisional agreement on the so-called AFIR Regulation, which aims to promote the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure in road, waterborne and air transport. The agreement was reached in trilogue negotiations on 28 March 2023. Finland’s aims to take especially sparsely populated areas with low traffic volumes into account have been included in the agreement reached.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/provisional-agreement-in-the-eu-on-distribution-infrastructure-obligations-finland-s-aims-well-taken-into-account
  9. 4.9.2025 | Under the proposal, large companies would be required to produce their first sustainability report for the year 2027 and publish it in spring 2028. The Government’s aim is to reduce the administrative burden of Finnish companies to the extent permitted by EU legislation.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/government-proposes-to-postpone-sustainability-reporting-obligation-of-large-unlisted-companies-until-2027
  10. 29.9.2023 | The implementation of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will begin on 1 October. CBAM is a new kind of EU policy tool that imposes an emissions-based price on certain products from outside the EU equivalent to that imposed by the EU emissions trading scheme on similar products manufactured in the Union.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/implementation-of-eu-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism-starts-in-october-creating-new-obligations-for-importers
  11. 25.4.2024 | On 25 April 2024, the Government submitted to Parliament a proposal to amend the Act on Electronic Communications Services. The must-carry obligation for radio programmes would be removed from the Act, the provision on the revocation of radio licences would be amended and other technical amendments would be made.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/government-proposes-waiving-the-must-carry-obligation-for-radio
  12. 27.6.2024 | The Government proposes that the President of the Republic approve the amendments to the Act on Electronic Communication Services and that the Act enter into force on 1 July 2024. The must-carry obligation for radio programmes would be removed from the Act, the provision on the revocation of radio licences would be amended and other technical amendments would be made. After a one-year transition period, the must-carry obligation for radio would end on 1 July 2025.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/must-carry-obligation-for-radio-programmes-to-be-removed
  13. 2.6.2025 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is organising a consultation round from 2 June to 28 July 2025 on legislative amendments to the grounds for fixed-term employment contracts, the duration of the notice period for layoffs and the re-employment obligation of employers. The proposed amendments have been prepared in a tripartite working group that was not unanimous in its work.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/consultation-round-begins-on-changes-to-fixed-term-employment-contracts-notice-period-of-layoffs-and-re-employment-obligation
  14. 18.1.2022 | In 2020, the use of renewable energy in total energy consumption surpassed the use of fossil energy. The rapid increase in the price of emission allowances promotes investments in renewable energy and their use. The biogas sector will advance with the introduction of the distribution obligation and the guarantee of origin system. These were the conclusions of a thematic report on renewable energy published on 18 January 2022.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/renewable-energy-use-exceeds-use-of-fossil-energy-and-biogas-included-in-the-distribution-obligation
  15. 21.2.2024 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications invites comments on the government proposal for amending the Act on Electronic Communication Services. The must-carry obligation to transfer radio programmes would be removed from the act. The deadline for submitting comments is 15 March 2024.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/amendment-to-the-act-on-electronic-communications-services-circulated-for-comments-aim-to-waive-must-carry-obligation-for-radio
  16. 22.6.2022 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications published a memorandum on 22 June 2022 concerning the must carry obligation for television and radio programming. A legislative project decision was also issued with a view to amending the provisions of the Information Society Code (917/2014) governing the must carry obligation for radio programming.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/amendment-proposed-to-the-must-carry-obligation-for-radio-programming
  17. 22.6.2022 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications published a memorandum on 22 June 2022 concerning the must carry obligation for television and radio programming. A legislative project decision was also issued with a view to amending the provisions of the Information Society Code (917/2014) governing the must carry obligation for radio programming.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/amendment-proposed-to-the-must-carry-obligation-for-radio-programming-1783601
  18. 10.3.2022 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications invites comments on a memorandum on the must-carry obligation. The deadline for submitting opinions is 25 March 2022.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/comments-invited-on-memorandum-on-must-carry-obligation-of-television-and-radio-channels
  19. 5.9.2022 | On 5 September 2022, the Ministry of Transport and Communications sent out an invitation to comment a draft proposal for amending the Act on Electronic Communications Services. According to the proposal, the must-carry obligation would be waived.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/government-proposes-to-waive-must-carry-obligation-for-radio-programming-comments-invited-on-the-proposal
  20. 16.11.2022 | On 15 November 2022, the Ministry of Transport and Communications published a summary of the comments on the draft government proposal on amending the Act on Electronic Communications Services with regard to the must-carry obligation for radio programmes. The proposal will not be submitted to Parliament during this government term, but its preparation will continue in the working group of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministry-of-transport-and-communications-working-group-continues-preparations-for-waiving-the-must-carry-obligation-for-radio-programmes