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WORK2030 must continue, with additional resources provided
Achieving the objective
The WORK2030 programme will be continued with increased resources. This is a joint call from all of the national labour market confederations. The WORK2030 programme seeks to:
- accelerate reforms of operating practices and the application of new technology at Finnish workplaces
- strengthen a working culture based on cooperation and trust
- make Finland a leading developer of work life innovations in the digital age
- make Finland a global leader in wellbeing at work by the year 2030.
Further details may be viewed online at the WORK2030 website.
Why is this objective important?
The challenges of society in terms of wellbeing at work, productivity and the attractiveness of work can all be solved. They can be influenced in a sustainable way by improving everyday operations at workplaces.
The WORK2030 programme extends to all workplaces in all industries throughout Finland. The programme has already launched 30 industry projects and 10 regional projects implemented jointly by trade unions and employers’ federations. A total of approximately 1,000 workplaces have been reached so far.
The management network of the programme also includes 5,600 individuals engaged in management work and interested in management. The programme content has been designed and implemented on a tripartite basis.
Finland must actively lobby the European Union for improvements in the world of work
Achieving the objective
- European labour law continues to develop. EU minimum provisions must ensure decent terms and conditions of employment, safe and healthy working conditions, and the right to collective bargaining for all employees, irrespective of the form of employment.
Why is this objective important?
Evolving modes of working expose employees to new forms of exploitation and safety risks, so it is important for European minimum work life standards to keep pace with the times and prevent unfair competition at the expense of employees.
This includes ensuring that employee rights cannot be evaded in any Member State by disguising employment through platform work. The development of EU occupational health and safety laws must make progress in combating both musculoskeletal diseases and psychosocial risks, and in improving chemical safety. Work must also continue at the European Union to promote equality and pay transparency in the world of work.
To ensure an adequate and fair level of pay for Europeans, the EU must continue the work to promote collective bargaining that began with the minimum wage directive. It is also important for employees in Finland that excessively low, unilaterally dictated pay does not depress the remuneration level in any Member State.
Part-time work must be made available to more people who seek it
Working time has a significant impact on wellbeing at work, resilience and the duration of working careers.
Achieving the objective
- Employees must have a directly enforceable right to reduce their working hours if they so wish. Better consideration of individual life situations in working time solutions improves quality of life and the appeal of working, and often also boosts its productivity. Reducing working time from full-time to part-time must not mean loss of income in the same proportion.
Why is this objective important?
The ability of employees to work part-time by choice remains too weak in Finland. We need new ways to enable employees to continue working for as long as possible in a manner that also improves their wellbeing.
For health reasons alone, effective solutions must be found that enable people to remain in the world of work. Only one in four individual members of SAK-affiliated trade unions aged 60 years or more is certain that their state of health will enable them to continue working in the current way for the next two years. Coupled with working time arrangements that honour the wishes of employees, a reorganisation of work is a necessary effective means to realise the goal of prolonging working careers.