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The individual national income tax ranges from 6% to 32%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates for national taxes. Employees also pay an additional flat rate for municipality taxes (up to 10.86%). Multiple additional factors may impact overall rates such as Church Tax, number of children, among others

• Social Security - 1.16%
• Public Pension Fund - 18.076%
• Unemployment Insurance - 0.8%
• Work Accident Insurance - 0.324%
• Group Health Contribution - 0.057%
• Occupation Health Insurance - EUR 3.00

*Up to an annual salary of EUR 2,337,000. An additional 1.09% applies on the portion of salary over EUR 2,337,000/year.

Ces coûts sont des estimations et ne sont indiqués qu’à titre d’information. Pour comprendre le mode de calcul des coûts et frais inhérents aux termes d’un contrat de travail établi dans ce pays, n’hésitez pas à demander un devis à notre service commercial.

Standard working hours are 7.5 hours per day and 37.5 hours per week, but the client can change this to 40 hours a week and 8 hours a day if they want to. The standard work week is from Monday to Friday.

Overtime pay is not mandatory.

Overtime must be mutually agreed on in the employment agreement (EA). If there is overtime in the EA, hours outside of standard work hours are paid according to the Working Hours Act.

For additional hours, the employer can pay employees:

• 150% of the hourly rate for the first 2 hours.
• 200% of the hourly rate for the following hours.

Un licenciement doit respecter des règles complexes et la procédure officielle du pays où travaille la personne concernée. Les conditions du départ sont toujours gérées par l’employeur avec les principales parties prenantes. La procédure peut inclure des frais ponctuels et certaines mesures (obligatoires ou recommandées) dans des cas spécifiques de licenciement.

The employer or employee may terminate agreements in Finland. If the decision is from the employer, the employee must be consulted and be allowed to present an opinion on the matter.

Pour être conforme, la rupture d’un contrat de travail doit être motivée par :

• Expiry
• Dismissal
• Une démission

The minimum notice period is 14 days and will be increased according to the length of the employment and who initiates the termination.

Termination by the employer:

• 14 days if the length of service is less than 1 year.
• 1 month if the length of service is up to 4 years.
• 2 months if the length of service is up to 8 years.
• 4 months if the length of service is up to 12 years.
• 6 months if the length of service is more than 12 years.

Termination by employee:

• 14 days if the length of service is less than 5 years.
• 1 month if the length of service is more than 5 years.

Finland celebrates 13 holidays based on the location of the employee.

officielles :

1. Jour de l’An
2. Épiphanie
3. Vendredi saint
4. Second Easter Day
5. Vappu
6. Ascension
7. Midsummer Eve
8. Midsummer Day
9. Toussaint
10. Independence Day
11. Christmas Eve
12. Noël
13. Deuxième jour de Noël

Contracts can be in English or bilingual. They must be written and signed by both parties.

Un contrat doit préciser :

• Nom
• Date de début
• Description du poste
• Working Hours
• Remuneration and Benefits
• Annual leave
• Probation (if applicable)
• Conditions de rupture de contrat
• Qualifications of the employee
• Duration
• Place of Work
• Collective Agreement (if applicable*)

*Deel Finland is not subject to a collective bargaining agreement at this stage. Note that the collective agreements of some industries set restrictions on the use of leased employees.

Contract backdating is allowed in limited circumstances.

• For fixed term contracts, a maximum of half of the length of the job will last less than a year or 180 days
• For indefinite term contracts, the maximum is 180 days

Probation periods are not mandatory.