Content about "collective agreement"

Engineers are looking for a 5% increase, but higher figures have also been reported in competing countries. TEK’s aim is to increase the purchasing power of its members.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/negotiations-on-salary-increases-have-already-started

Teemu Hankamäki katsoo kameraan sisätiloissa.
The Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK is opposed to the idea of restricting conciliation through legislation, as this is detrimental to free sectoral wage formation.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/tek-government-proposal-for-the-act-on-mediation-in-labour-disputes-is-unnecessary-and-detrimental-finland-needs-a-new-labour-market-model

Eduskuntatalon julkisivu.
Akava considers the government's proposal to alter the labour market model unnecessary and anticipates that it will cause instability and uncertainty in the labour market.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/akava-opposes-governments-proposal-to-alter-the-labour-market-model

Vauva, mies, lastensänky
The number of days of family leave is defined by law, but whether the leave is paid or not is defined in the collective agreements negotiated by trade unions. “Allowing fathers to take more time off and taking diverse family types better into account is very important for equality,” says Tuula Aaltola, collective agreement expert in the private sector from TEK.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/equal-paid-family-leave-is-a-great-achievement

Eduskuntatalon pylväikköä kuvassa.
TEK’s Labour Market Director Teemu Hankamäki cannot really see any positives in the government’s labour market reforms. Professional and managerial staff will soon feel the effects of the legislative changes.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/the-worst-is-yet-to-come

Harri Kaarre (vasemmalla), Mika Mäntymäki, Marko Honkalampi ja Marko Määttä juttelevat viikonlopun ylitöistä CATR-kammion (Compact Antenna Test Range) edessä. Oranssit piikit ovat absorbereita, jotka vaimentavat signaalit.
Work life. Many mistakenly fear that working as a shop steward will stand in the way of career progression, says Marko Honkalampi. “It doesn’t, as I myself can testify.”
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/mythbuster

Paneeli
Industrial Employees TP published a report on the actions and goals of employer organisations entitled “Missä mennään, Eteläranta? Työnantajapuolen toiminta ja tavoitteet työmarkkinoiden murroksessa”.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/unprecedented-power-struggle-in-the-labour-market-today

Kuvassa on TEKin toiminnanjohtaja Jari Jokinen.
Many key terms and conditions are laid down in collective agreements and not in, say, the Finnish law.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/collective-agreements-are-relevant-at-least-for-many

Teemu Hankamäki katsoo sivulle.
The methods are many, said the farmer when he drove his tractor through the wall of the barn. With a similar approach, the government is relentlessly promoting labor market-related legal changes that have been recorded in the government program, despite the proposals and opposition of trade unions.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-is-it-still-possible-to-avoid-a-head-on-collision-in-the-labor-market

Kaksi kypäräpäistä työmaalla.
According to the Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK’s labour market survey, the most common reason for a salary increase was the general increase agreed in the collective agreement.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/academic-engineers-median-salary-rose-to-5597-euros-collective-agreement-clause-the-most-common-reason-for-salary-increase

Eduskuntatalon pylväikköä kuvassa.
The Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK opposes the Government’s intention to pass a law whereby the general level of pay adjustments could not be exceeded by a settlement proposal issued by the National Conciliator’s Office or a conciliation board.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/tek-opposes-export-driven-labour-market-model-likely-to-disturb-the-industrial-peace

Henkilöitä keskustelemassa pöydän ääressä.
A collective agreement for the staff of universities of applied sciences is under negotiation, and YTN is one of the negotiating parties.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/tek-involved-in-negotiating-a-collective-agreement-for-universities-of-applied-sciences-through-ytn

Teemu Hankamäki seisoo neuvotteluhuoneessa.
TEK’s Labour Market Director Teemu Hankamäki deplores Government’s idea to lower the threshold for dismissal.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/weighty-reason-must-be-retained

Isä ja vauva
The law sets the amount of family leave, but the extent to which that leave is paid is agreed in collective bargaining.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/we-have-negotiated-more-equitably-paid-family-leave

Kättelevät ihmiset
General pay rises will increase salaries by a total of 5.5%. In May, full-time university employees will receive a one-off payment of at least €400.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/new-two-year-collective-agreement-for-34000-university-employees-approved

Ihmisiä kävelee rappusissa
This Friday morning, an outcome was achieved in the pay rise negotiations concerning 34,000 university employees.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/pay-rise-deal-negotiated-for-34000-university-employees-on-friday-24-march

Teemu Hankamäki katsoo kameraan sisätiloissa.
The first collective agreements have raised salaries and increased the amount of paid leave for the non-birthing parent.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/the-level-of-salary-increases-was-disappointing

TES-neuvottelut
No agreement was reached for this year’s salaries. The trade unions and the Finnish Education Employers (FEE) association will meet again on 13 March. The negotiations will take a new turn then, because not only will salaries be negotiated, but the agreement provisions will also be on the table.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/negotiations-for-university-employees-salaries-continued-on-march-1

Two hands: one is an adult hand and the other a hand of a baby.
The new collective agreement for senior salaried employees in the consulting sector has been accepted. The new agreement covers some 25 000 employees.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/new-collective-agreement-for-consulting-sector-accepted

Maahan pudonnut kuumailmapallo.
The median salary of TEK (Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland) members was 3.8 percent higher in October 2022 than a year earlier. However, consumer prices also increased by 8.3 percent.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/real-salaries-fell

Ihmisiä katsomassa papereita toimistossa
The collective agreement negotiations concerning this year’s pay rises for 34,000 university employees ended for at least the time being last Friday, when Finnish Education Employers (FEE) said it did not consider there were any grounds for agreeing on new negotiation dates.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/negotiations-on-this-years-pay-rises-stall-employee-side-waiting-for-finnish-education-employers-initiative-to-continue

Tekkiläisiä
This is a translation of YTN's press release on 31st January. In an attempt to speed up the stalled negotiations for collective agreements, our negotiation organization, the Federation of Professional and Managerial Staff YTN, has announced a second strike to take place 15–17 February in selected technology industry companies.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/ytn-announces-second-strike-in-tech-industry-15-17-february

Kynttilägraafeja kuvassa.
Akava’s Chief Economist Pasi Sorjonen estimates that Finland's economic growth will stall this year. TEK’s CEO Jari Jokinen still encourages investments in sustainable growth.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/akavas-chief-economist-consumers-outlook-for-the-future-may-be-too-bleak

Tekkiläisiä
On Wednesday, 30 November, the collective labour agreements for four major industries for TEK members expired, namely, the YTN technology industries, the consulting sector, the IT services industry and the ICT sector.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/collective-agreements-of-many-tek-members-have-expired

Teemu Hankamäki katsoo kameraan.
The Federation of Professional and Managerial Staff YTN is not only aiming for salary increases, but also the inclusion of the family leave reform in all its collective agreements.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/salaries-and-family-leaves-on-the-table-in-autumns-collective-agreement-negotiations

Kuva lomailijasta
It is worth keeping in mind that employers are under no obligation to allow employees to take their holiday in several short periods.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/the-summer-holiday-season-is-here-what-are-some-things-that-you-should-know-about-the-annual-holiday

Goforelaisia Tampereen toimistolla.
Tampere-based Gofore negotiated a collective agreement that both the employer and the employee side are very happy with. “The negotiations were actually quite painless.”
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/both-sides-happy-with-gofores-diy-collective-agreement

Lakiasiantuntija, asiakas, lakipalvelu, toimisto
A shop steward represents you at your workplace, for example in local agreements and in negotiations on changes. They also provide personal support and advice.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/your-shop-steward-is-a-membership-benefit

Kättelevät ihmiset
“The university employers now stand out as family-friendly employers and pioneers of the family leave reform,” says Tarja Niemelä, the chairperson of the JUKO University Advisory Board.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/collective-agreement-reached-for-university-employees-includes-most-progressive-family-leave-reform-on-the-labour-market

Ihmisiä katsomassa papereita toimistossa
We will issue further information on the content of the agreement when all parties’ governing bodies have deliberated it. The JUKO University Advisory Board and JUKO board will deliberate the result on Thursday.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/result-negotiated-for-university-employees-early-on-sunday-juko-board-to-discuss-result-on-thursday

esitelmä
University employees no longer have a valid collective agreement as of today, Friday 1 April. In such circumstances, the universities will continue to apply the terms of the old collective agreement until a new one enters into force.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/no-result-yet-in-university-collective-bargaining-negotiations-continue-today

Opiskelijat, kävelevät, portaat, Aalto yliopisto
Notice has been served to terminate the universities’ current collective agreement, effective 31 March. If a negotiation result is not reached before that date, university employees will be without a valid collective agreement as of 1 April.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/juko-the-university-negotiation-parties-are-still-seeking-resolution-on-several-questions

Kahden henkilön keskustelua aiheesta työsuhde ja laki
Surveys by the Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers show time and again that fixed-term contracts are the number one reason for ill-being at work. Keeping employees on fixed-term contracts year after year wears them out and is totally unnecessary.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/fixed-term-contracts-an-eternal-question

nuori aikuinen laskee laskua
– The negotiations are now proceeding to an intense phase in which we begin to thrash out an overall solution, says Katja Aho, JUKO’s head of collective bargaining for the university sector.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/pace-picking-up-in-university-collective-agreement-negotiations

Opiskelija, luento, opiskelu
In the present university collective bargaining negotiations, we are negotiating on university employees’ working conditions and pay rises. We want the universities to be competitive, attractive workplaces that promote a positive type of working life.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/we-are-the-university

Kuvituskuva opiskelijoista Aalto-yliopistolla
JUKO wants to develop pay and the remuneration system through a longer-term salary programme, remove bottlenecks and promote equality.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/university-collective-agreement-negotiations-family-leave-under-discussion-again

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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/university-negotiations-concerning-working-time-continued-on-thursday

Kättelevät ihmiset
JUKO has approved the new two-year collective agreement for state employees. Each employee will receive a two percent pay rise from 1 June.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/new-collective-agreement-for-78000-state-employees-salary-increase-across-the-board

Mies katsoo läppäriä
The strike notice is intended to expedite the municipal sector contract negotiations suspended by KT.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/juko-jhl-and-jyty-have-served-a-notice-of-strike-concerning-jyvaskyla-and-rovaniemi

"Teaching and research staff must have the working conditions that enable them to conduct long-term research", says the chairperson of the university advisory committee, Tarja Niemelä.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/university-sector-collective-agreement-negotiations-continued

Ihmisiä kävelee rappusissa
The negotiations on the collective agreement for approximately 34,000 university employees continued on 18 February.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/negotiations-on-universities-collective-agreements-continued-on-friday-key-role-of-shop-stewards-in-local-bargaining-stressed

The salary earners' key goals concern improved working conditions, reduced use of fixed-term contracts, clearer ground rules on remote and multi-locational work and the transposition of the family leave reform into the collective agreement.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/negotiations-on-the-university-collective-agreement-began-on-friday

Teemu Hankamäki katsoo kameraan.
The first collective agreements suggest that salary increase rates may remain below the inflation rate this time.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/tough-negotiations-on-salary-increases

Henkilöt keskustelevat toimistolla
The negotiations in the municipality sector have continued with the national mediator. Negotiations in the university sector continue as well.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/collective-agreement-negotiations-continue-in-the-public-sector

kaksi henkilöä tutkii pienoismallia
Both collective agreements were created on January 11th. The cost effect of the agreements is 1.8 percent.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/new-collective-agreements-for-architects-and-the-ict-sector

YTN:n logo
YTN and Technology Industry Employers achieved agreements for the technology sector, consulting sector and ICT services sector. The duration of the agreements adhere to a 1+1 model, says YTN in a statement. According to a statement released by Technology Industry Employers, the agreements form a national example for the labour market.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/ytn-and-technology-industry-employers-create-a-national-example-for-the-labour-market

Papereita, läppäri, silmälasit, pöytä
YTN expedites collective agreement negotiations by taking industrial action as of December 4th in the consulting sector and the technology industry.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/ytn-initiates-industrial-action-in-two-sectors

The largest companies are the ones most happy with the Finnish collective negotiation system.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/hankamaki-knowledge-reduces-suffering

Is this what the manoeuvre was all about – surely not?
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/hundreds-of-companies-about-to-lose-their-option-of-local-bargaining-next-week

Suomen ja Ruotisin liput liehuvat taivasta vasten.
According to a recent survey by Industrial Employees TP, the labour market models of Finland and Sweden are very similar to each other. They are both characterised by the strong role of export companies and a high degree of unionisation.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/tp-finland-and-sweden-agree-on-salaries-in-a-very-similar-manner

TES-neuvottelut
Here you can find more information about collective agreement negotiations concerning TEK members.

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/work-life-in-finland/collective-agreement-negotiations

Ihmisiä kävelee rappusissa
TEK's experts are involved in the promotion of interests and collective agreement negotiations in the university sector through JUKO and in co-operation with employee representatives.

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/work-life-in-finland/promotion-of-interests-in-universities

Teemu Hankamäki
Generally binding collective agreements that protect the terms of employment of almost 30 000 TEK members will expire on 30 November 2021.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/this-autumns-collective-agreement-negotiations-are-still-up-in-the-air

Teemu Hankamäki
One of the goals of YTN in its strategy for 2021–2025 is to double the number of employee representatives together with its member unions.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/why-should-the-number-of-employee-representatives-be-doubled

Lasse Laatunen
According to Lasse Laatunen, the desire of the current business executives in the forest industry and the technology industry to negotiate company-level collective agreements is partly based on delusional thinking.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/lasse-laatunen-labour-market-situation-is-unreasonably-tough

If less than half of the companies in the technology industry join the new employers' association, the collective agreement will no longer be generally binding.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/scope-tek-members-employment-terms-will-be-known-autumn

Universities and universities of applied sciences do not fall under the same collective agreements. The treatment of employees can vary significantly between different institutions, and even within them.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/when-universities-and-universities-of-applied-sciences-merge-what-happens-to-collective-agreements

Joukko ihmisiä istuu pöydän ääressä.
The Finnish labour market is based on a collaborative approach with all societal parties involved in the market. TEK represents the interests of our members and promotes good working conditions for all.

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/work-life-in-finland

The work group on local negotiations could not reach a consensus and an announcement by Technology Industries Finland is rearranging next autumn’s labour market negotiation tables. What is going on?
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/what-happening-labour-market-teemu-hankamaki

Kiky hours will be abolished. Salary increases will adhere to the general level. The new agreement will be in effect 1.4.2020–28.2.2022.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/state-officials-and-employees-have-new-collective-agreement

JUKO, an association of highly educated public employees, wants to get rid of kiky hours. JUKO also wants to reform family leave and improve workplace well-being and travel time compensations.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/negotiations-have-now-begun-public-sector

The collective bargaining negotiations involving senior salaried employees that have been underway since last fall have finally taken a leap forwards.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/no-more-free-work-33-raise-offing

The content of the agreement will be presented in more detail after it has been discussed by the administrations of the negotiating parties next week.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/ytn-and-technology-industries-finland-reached-agreement

Cordial negotiations are ongoing to revise the terms and conditions of employment of senior salaried employees, but everything still remains on the table.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/senior-salaried-employees-renegotiate-employment-terms

Read more about the negotiations and strike pay below.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/collective-agreement-negotiations-nutshell

The work stoppage of the consulting sector started on Monday 9 December, because the collective agreements drag on.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/why-graduate-engineers-are-strike-kiky-annoys-everyone

The targeted industrial action will take place as a strike at six universities on March 7, unless a conclusion is reached in the negotiations by March 6.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/new-notice-industrial-action-university-sector

The main contracting organisations of the university sector have issued an industrial action notice.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/uutiset-blogit/universities