- Phase
- The Employment Contracts Act (55/2001)
- Native name
- Työsopimuslaki (55/2001)
- Type
- Reemployment obligation after restructuring
- Added to database
- 08 May 2015
Description
If an employee is dismissed on financial or production-related grounds, and the employer needs new employees within four months of termination of the employment contract for the same or similar work as previously performed by the dismissed employee, the employer is obliged to reemploy the employee, provided that the employee is registered as a job seeker with the public employment services. The job must be specifically offered to the dismissed, unemployed employee. If the employment relationship had lasted for 12 years or more prior to its termination, the duration of the reemployment obligation is six months.
The law is generally applicable on all dismissals based on financial or production-related grounds.
Sources
- Ius Laboris (2009). Collective Redundancies Guide, Brussels
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Watson Wyatt (2006). Employment Terms & Conditions Report Europe Volume I, Brussels
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Alpha Consulting (2003). Anticipating & Managing Change - A dynamic approach to the social aspects of corporate restructuring, Brussels, European Commission
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Employment Contracts Act (55/2001)
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Työsopimuslaki (55/2001)
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Finland: Reemployment obligation after restructuring, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin,
https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/reemployment-obligation-after-restructuring/finland