Finland: many employers don’t apply national legislation and collective agreements to foreign workers

Two years after the Finnish labor market was open to workers from the new Member States, the new services of labor and social legislation inspection in Finland underlined many abuses. (Ref. 080169)
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When all restrictions to the entry of workers from new Member States were raised two years ago, the government and social partners agreed on an important increase in the number of inspectors in charge of checking that employers respect social laws; on a strengthening of legislation and on the creation of a special police department. The figures recently published for the capital’s region (Uusimaa) show that 50% of employers do not apply financial rules to foreign workers. In 40 cases, offenses

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