- Date
- 1 February 2021
- Country
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Finland
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Geographical scope
- Cross-border
- Type
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Description
Suomen Yrittäjät (SY) is a business organisation representing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their owners in Finland. It offers its members lobbying and counselling services, and provides the public with information to help influence opinions and raise awareness of entrepreneurship in Finland. Its main aim is to improve the position of entrepreneurs and the conditions for entrepreneurship, and make Finland an entrepreneur-friendly society.
Suomen Yrittäjät has been active in the discussion on platform economy and offers advice to both couriers and platforms mainly in food delivery sector.
Since November 2019, Suomen Yrittäjät collaborates with a food online platform to ensure right information for riders about their rights and responsibilities as self-employed. Suomen Yrittäjät provides a free helpline which allows self-employed, including riders, to ask questions relating to their social security, insurances and taxation, in both Finnish and in English.
- Keywords
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representation, industrial relations, social dialogue
- Actors
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Platform,
Business association
- Sector
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No specific sector focus
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