Until 30.6.2020, redundancies of up to 90 days must be negotiated for at least four (4) days (normally 14 or 6 weeks), unless otherwise agreed in the cooperation negotiations. For other redundancies, the duration of negotiations is at least 5 days (normally 14 days or 6 weeks). The situation in the service sectors and in society has changed rapidly as a result of the coronavirus epidemic. Pam has agreed with employers` organizations to make temporary changes to collective agreements so that we can overcome this situation. Both employees and businesses suffer from the insecurity caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Both are concerned for health and financial reasons. For the effects of the epidemic to be as short as they are long, the necessary measures must be taken quickly. That is why, on the proposal of the Finnish Government and labour market organisations, Parliament has changed labour law and WFP has negotiated, in collaboration with employers` organisations, temporary changes to collective agreements. Most of the amendments came into effect on March 19, 2020 and were stopped on April 1, 2020. The termination period is reduced until June 30, 2020, an employer must notify an employee at least 7 days (normally 14) days before the dismissal. From 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2020, the employment contract law, which provides for 5 days (normally 14), must be carried out. Reducing the notice period An employer must inform an employee of a redundancy. From 19 March, the notice period is reduced to 5 days.

(So far 14 days) This means that the first day of dismissal may be 24 March, when the redundancy contract is awarded to the employee on 19 March. Many collective agreements include provisions to extend normal working hours to more than 40 hours per week (for example. B up to 44 hours) if the average working time does not exceed, for a certain period of time, the normal weekly duration set by the collective agreement (usually 38.5 hours). In other words, there are more hours of work in one week and fewer hours in another to compensate for that. As a result, no overtime periods are accumulated during the reporting period. A collective agreement (TES) is an interim contract between a union and an employer union on the conditions of employment observed in this area.