The delivery page of Helsingin Sanomat lasts look the so-called “pension pipeline”, which has been reformed for some time, and Finland’s “tripartite” labor market system, which has become enraged under political and economic pressure.
The idea is that if a person close to retirement age is laid off, they will receive higher, earnings-related unemployment benefits for longer so that they can take the age at which they can claim a pension.
It’s a convenient system for them and employers who want to cut costs, but economists fear it will reduce the employment rate among this older age group. So we want to remove the option to increase employment,
The Finnish government had asked the so-called “tripartite” labor market organizations – trade unions and employers together with the government – to try to agree on a solution, but on Monday they announced that they had not reached an agreement.
This means that the government must pass the relevant legislation if it wants to resolve it. And HS says this can be a tricky thing for the government because the SDP and the Left Alliance are close to unions that want to protect the interests of workers.
The HS suggests that this could be a new step towards the end of the tripartite system as governments take more control of labor market laws and regulations.
The government parties are scheduled to meet later this week to discuss the issue, Iltalehti reports the leader of the Left Alliance Li Andersson has said it would recommend that older workers be given additional redundancy payments to ensure that they do not get shoes first in the event of redundancies.
That proposal would be music to the ears of unions, but an anatomy to employers – which would mean future possible changes when politicians, not unions and employers, make the rules.
Sedu changes party
Nightclub entrepreneur and former football club owner Seppo ‘Sedu’ Koskinen has recently been in the headlines about its plan to hold a “party” where guests pay € 200 as a “fee”.
Koskinen described the event as a private party, but without it, the technicality would have violated the coronavirus rules, at least in spirit.
And as such, Koski was heavily criticized for his plan when it came time for the metropolitan area to tighten restrictions on trying to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Evening paper reports on Wednesday, however, that Sedu has retreated and moved the party instead to New Year’s Eve, while launching Covid’s denialist view on social media saying that “coron panic” was a “political show”.
Koskinen is not a trained epidemiologist or even a doctor. IL says regional authorities said they would consult with police and prevent any incidents that violate coronavirus guidelines, as outlined in infectious disease legislation.
Rantanen to the rescue
Finland has had an exceptional football autumn, with the men’s national team winning the Paris World Cup in France, but on Tuesday the women took center stage.
They faced Edinburgh, Scotland in the qualifiers for the 2021 European Championships and were under a lot of pressure in much of the match, but in the end everything went well.
Alternate Amanda Rantanen Pk-35 came on, 94 minutes into the game. His role was mostly a waste of time, but after one minute on the field he broke away from the Scottish defense and scored a winning goal after his initial performance returned from the goalkeeper, punching him in the face and looping into the net.
He then burst into tears of joy (and possibly pain) when the referee blew the last whistle, and Finnish social media exploded with memes and parties.
Ilta-Sanoma has some of the best, but we preferred to observe the goal with musical accompaniment.
The win leaves Finland confident of a relegation place in the qualifiers, and they will automatically advance if they retain the top spot.
Source: The Nordic Page