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19.3.2024 | Uppdraget som avdelningschef för finansministeriets avdelning för styrning av välfärdsområdena söktes inom den utsatta tiden av 21 personer. Avsikten är att tjänsten tillsätts den 1 juni för en viss tid på fem år.

Performance-related pay Performance-related pay is a part of pay that promotes effectiveness and cooperation. It complements the central government pay systems that are based on the complexity and performance of tasks. Performance bonus schemes ar...

Taxation of earned income Finnish taxation is based on a schedular system, in which earned income and capital income are taxed separately. Earned income includes, among other things, wages the proportion of entrepreneurial income defined as earned...

Terms and conditions of employment relationships The legal status of civil servants is laid down in the State Civil Servants Act and the related decree, and the legal status of personnel on an ordinary employment contract is covered by the Employm...

State personnel as statistics The Office for the Government as Employer compiles and publishes statistics on central government personnel and its structure and conditions of employment. The Office uses the compiled statistics in negotiation and co...

History Finland obtained its own central administration in 1809. Rules of procedure were issued to the Governing Council in August 1809, which started operating in October of the same year. The Governing Council (from 1816 the Imperial Finnish Sen...

Central government spending limits At the beginning of the parliamentary term, the Government decides on the parliamentary term spending limits, i.e. a ceiling for budget expenditure, as well as the rules governing the spending limits procedure fo...

19.1.2026 | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its annual report on the Finnish economy on Monday 19 January. According to the IMF, efforts to strengthen public finances will have to continue for several years.

7.5.2025 | Valtiovarainministeri Riikka Purra piti avauspuheenvuoron Nordic Economic Policy Review'n julkistustilaisuudessa Helsingissä keskiviikkona 7. toukokuuta

22.9.2025 | The Finnish economy is slowly recovering from recession, with weak employment and economic uncertainty keeping households cautious. The general government debt ratio will stabilise briefly, but not permanently, at the end of the parliamentary term, estimates the Ministry of Finance in its forecast published on 22 September.

22.4.2026 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Government has agreed on the General Government Fiscal Plan for 2027–2030. Both the global economy and Finland’s finances are facing challenges. In its spending limits session, the Government focused on new targeted measures to strengthen people’s confidence in the future and improve the conditions for growth and employment.

10.9.2025 | FINNISH GOVERNMENT PO Box 23, FI-00023 Government, Finland vn.fi/en Tel. +358 295 16001 VALTIONEUVOSTO PL 23, 00023 Valtioneuvosto vn.fi p. 0295 16001 1(4) Budget session of Prime Minister Orpo’s Government on 1–2 September 2025 Entries in the mee...

22.10.2025 | The gender pay gap has narrowed slowly in Finland. A new research project will produce, for the first time, an extensive long-term economic analysis of the factors that have contributed to the changes in the pay gap. 

2.9.2025 | The Government of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has reached a decision on its budget proposal for 2026. The Government’s decisions aim to support economic growth, which is picking up. Supporting economic growth and continuing responsible fiscal management is necessary to ensure the security of people in Finland and safeguard their access to important services going forward.

26.1.2026 | 1 (6) Budjettiosasto Rakenneyksikkö Ilman perusteltua syytä solmittavat määräaikaiset työsopimukset Hallituksen esityksessä 199/2025 vp ehdotetaan, että jatkossa määräaikainen työsopimus olisi ehtojen täyttyessä mahdollista tehdä enintään vuodeksi...

30.4.2025 | The Finnish economy is expected to grow, but the trade war may substantially slow down growth. In its forecast published on 30 April, the Ministry of Finance warns that general government finances remain weak, and that Finland has few buffers to reduce the impacts of a trade war.

21.5.2024 | In 2020–2023, more than 50 projects tackling the shadow economy and economic crime were carried out in Finland. They succeeded in preventing abuses, promoting healthy competition between companies and supporting a fair labour market by improving the transparency and openness of business activities, for example.

9.9.2024 | 1 (15) 5.9.2024 Budjettiosasto Rakenneyksikkö Paikallisen sopimisen edistämisen työllisyysvaikutukset  Hallituksen esitys 85/2024 paikallisesta sopimisesta koostuu useammasta toimenpiteestä. Paikallisen sopimisen edistämistä koskevien toimien työ...

12.11.2024 | 1 (6) Budjettiosasto Rakenneyksikkö Sovittelujärjestelmän kehittäminen Muistiossa tarkastellaan hallituksen esityksen HE 146/2024 vp työllisyysvaikutuksia.  Hallituksen esityksessä ehdotetaan, että o Sovittelijalla olisi velvollisuus menetellä so...

16.6.2025 | Finland’s economy is recovering from recession, but trade disputes and uncertainty are delaying faster growth. Public finances are in dire need of a turnaround, as deficits remain deep and the debt ratio is threatening to rise above 90 per cent, according to the forecast published by the Ministry of Finance on 16 June.