Finland : end of the labour market restrictrions to workers from enlargement Member States

Finlande will remove the labour market restrictions to the workers coming from enlargment Member States from 1 May, 2006 on. The Finnish government is preparing a draft law which aims at reinforcing the control of the working conditions and at granting more resources to the relevant services. (Ref. 06127)
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The Representatives of the Finnish government, employers and labour representatives have issued a recommendation to the Parliament to allow—starting from May 1— legal employment in the country to workers from enlargement Member States. The government is therefore preparing two new regulations :

  • The first one will set up a registration procedure. This new bill will implement the Directive on the rights of EU citizens and their family to move and to reside freely within the Member States...
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