prime minister Sanna Marin has said it wants to reduce daycare fees to make work more attractive to parents of young children. Following the birth of a child, Helsingin sanomat newspaperThe most read article on Friday morning is a reader survey of people who are not children.
Respondents ’reasons for voluntary infertility included concerns about the atmosphere and difficulties in reconciling family and career.
Venla Berg, A researcher for family associations, cited a 2017 study that found that highly educated women were particularly concerned about the workload and workload of the family – something men did not express much concern about.
“The men said they supported the new mother’s great change by staying home for a few months as the women imagined a three-year break from their careers,” Berg explained.
Tax Agency Warning
The tax administration encourages income recipients to update their withholding tax information according to the commercial paper Kauppalehti.
According to the tax office, as many as one in four employees exceeded their annual wage forecast, which could lead to a sudden increase in the withholding rate at the end of the year. Tax officials said they plan to send text messages to about 6,000 people whose incomes significantly exceeded the declared income limits.
Impact of foreign aid
The Foreign Ministry’s internal review found much room for improvement in several African development aid projects, says the newsstand Evening News who had requested access to the sealed report.
The review focused on projects in Mozambique, Kenya and Ethiopia, and found that the Ministry did not adequately monitor and follow beneficiaries. Some external assistance programs lacked clear objectives, but also concrete steps to achieve the objectives, according to the report.
Hotels mix to fill rooms
Many Finnish university students will return to online courses this autumn, but the hotel chain Scandic is launching a student accommodation package, the business magazine says. Economic life in a story that arouses interest in its readership.
The chain offers student accommodation packages – starting at 30 nights – in some hotels in Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Kuopio, Oulu, Rovaniemi, Jyväskylä, Vaasa and Lappeenranta, according to the magazine.
Hotels have had difficulty maintaining occupancy. At the beginning of the typical May tourist season, passenger traffic in Finnish air traffic decreased by 98 per cent from the previous year.
The problem is exacerbated by the fact that just before the onset of the coronavirus crisis, the Finnish hospitality industry invested heavily in new hotels, leading to concerns that supply may soon exceed demand.