According to the City of Helsinki, it will apply positive discrimination in some of its recruitments next year, says the business magazine Economic life.
City Personnel Specialist, Aino Lääkkölä-Pyykönen, The aim was to improve the position of applicants from under – represented groups.
"However, the choice of applicants will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Nevertheless, the process does not automatically favor applicants from under-represented groups," he told TE.
Last year, Helsinki began to implement anonymous recruitment measures in pursuit of more equal pay practices in the city’s organization.
Finns and Brexit
Thousands of Finns living in the UK may lose their right to live and work in the country at the end of Brexit’s transition period on 31 December, daily report in Swedish Hufvudstadsbladet.
In order to continue living in the country, Finns, like other bloc citizens, must apply for the EU settlement system. According to the Finnish Embassy in London, it is estimated that thousands of Finns have not yet submitted paperwork that would give them full entitlement to benefits such as health care and pensions if they have lived in the country for more than five years.
Modern parenting
New coronavirus restrictions will be introduced in many Finnish cities on Monday, but instead of pandemic stories Helsingin sanomat newspaperreaders are most interested in something close to home care.
Today’s parents may not whip or shame their children like the older generations, but HS also doesn’t mean they do a perfect job.
Professor of Psychology Lea Pulkkinen said running time was an obstacle to growing very round small people. He pointed out that children today were at risk of being depressed because parents ’constant use of the screen affected family interaction.
The professor also stated that Finland’s transition to a 24-hour society has meant that more and more children spent more time alone at home, which is not necessarily a good thing.
Finland has banned the use of corporal punishment on children since 1984.
Source: The Nordic Page