Finns are very punctual and honest at work. Equality is often practised at working places and lifestyles too. Employees and employers both are obliged under laws and agreements on working life. Finland normal working days are Mon-Fri (7.5hrs/day). All Sundays and holidays are double paid.
The work can be done either part time (18-30hrs a week) or full time (37.5hr a week). All overtime work done must be compensated by the employers, you have the right to refuse the overtime work. Your employer is bound to pay you the annual vacation paid leave both summer and winter.
There are several work online portals where you can browse and apply hundreds of work published daily. The Te-Palvelut is the official finnish online job portal where all jobs listed in finland are published. Check our youtube video which instructs you to searh job appropriately. For academic related jobs click here.
Employee rights advice for immigrants: If you have questions or problems with your employment, you can contact the work union or employee rights advisory service for immigrants. The service is provided by the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade unions SAK. You can use the service even if you are not a trade union member. In the service, a lawyer answers questions about things like employment contracts, wages or working hours.
You can get advice for free in Finnish or English.
The service is open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9–11 am and 12 noon–3 pm.
Tel. 0800 414 004
E-mail: workinfinland(at)sak.fi
You can also call the national counselling service of occupational safety and health authorities:
tel. 0295 016 620
Mon–Fri 9 am–3 pm
Click here more information about the rights of worker.
Click here to join worker unions in Finland.
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