After the legislative amendments, employers would have the right to request that an employee provide an extract from the criminal record even for positions lasting no more than three months
In December, the number of employed people was 74,000 lower than one year before. The unemployment rate was 7.8%, having been 6% twelve months earlier.
The Ministry of Education and Culture estimates that, as a result of the legislative amendments, approximately 20,000 families will be entitled to free early childhood education and care.
The following is a summary of the key changes in 2021 that affect the social benefits that Kela provides to workers, the unemployed, pensioners, families, students and people with disabilities.
The imminent amendments to the Aliens Act would provide government agencies with better opportunities to refuse workers’ residence permits .
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This autumn, the requirement regarding the minimum number of credits earned in connection with the monitoring of academic progress was more lenient due to the coronavirus epidemic.