Work & Study

15 MILLION EURO PLAN

Government takes action against "growing" undeclared work

Foreigner.fi 9/23/20

It is particularly common in labour-intensive industries, such as the construction , restaurant and cleaning sectors. In the Eurobarometer survey in autumn 2019, almost 25% of the…

OFFICIAL FIGURES

Finland had 329,700 unemployed jobseekers at the end of August

Foreigner.fi 9/22/20

The unemployment rate was 7.7%, or 1.6 percentage points higher than the previous year, according to the Labour Force Survey issued by Statistics Finland.

WORK IN FINLAND

15 occupations with the highest and lowest demand for labour

Foreigner.fi 9/18/20

The government's latest Occupational Barometer identifies 31 labour-shortage occupations.

PANDEMIC

Finnish households increased saving rate despite lower income

Foreigner.fi 9/18/20

When the pandemic broke out, wages and salaries decreased by over 1 billion euros, but consumption diminished even more, which resulted in a significant increase in the saving rate.

RECESSION

Finland's job vacancy rate nearly halved amid Covid-19 restrictions

Foreigner.fi 9/15/20

In the second quarter, the country's job vacancy rate fell to 1.5%, down from 2.8% in the previous quarter.

GOVERNMENT DECISION

Restrictions on the entry of berry pickers from certain countries

Foreigner.fi 8/27/20

This change will not affect, for example, the possibility for Thai berry pickers to enter Finland.

GOVERNMENT FIGURES

Finland has 118,500 unemployed jobseekers more than a year ago

Foreigner.fi 8/25/20

At the end of July, the number of people laid off was 100,000 in the whole country; a year-on-year increase of 83,900.

CORONAVIRUS

Kela lowers credits required for students to receive financial aid

Foreigner.fi 8/21/20

If a student has received support for 9 months in the academic year 2019-2020, just 7 months of financial aid will be taken into account when monitoring their academic progress.

Residence permits granted to Moroccan students to study in Helsinki

Foreigner.fi 8/21/20

The first of the young talents admitted - three women and two men - arrived in Finland two days ago. The others are expected to land next week.

LABOUR MARKET

Job vacancies fell 30% in the toughest months of the pandemic

Foreigner.fi 8/18/20

Open job vacancies decreased particularly in the major region of Helsinki-Uusimaa. Employers estimated that 44% of these positions were hard-to-fill.

Eurozone unemployment climbs to 7.8%

Foreigner.fi 7/30/20

Finland remains slightly below the eurozone average.

OFFICIAL FIGURES

Unemployment rose sharply in June

Foreigner.fi 7/21/20

The number of unemployed jobseekers increased by 162,700 year-on-year. The unemployment rate was 7.9%, or 1.8 percentage points higher than the previous year.