Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » Finland: SAK, the country’s main union confederation, puts forward proposals addressing technological developments Finland: SAK, the country’s main union confederation, puts forward proposals addressing technological developments In spring 2019, Finland’s government announced as part of its program that it would be changing labor legislation in order to better protect workers. Legislative drafts are formulated within tri-partite working groups comprising the State and the country’s social partners. Work has commenced and SAK president Jarkko Eloranta has been pushing the government to move forward with comprehensive reforms that cater for the development of new technologies. SAK has presented a document, drafted with the think tank Demos as well as with Google that puts forward proposals addressing digital transformation. Through . Published on 18 October 2019 à 11h35 - Update on 18 October 2019 à 11h35 Resources In fact SAK and its president Jarkko Eloranta are especially invested in, and in general positively disposed towards, the issue of new technologies. Following previous work, including conducting internal SAK reflection on the topic, organizing several conferences on the future of work, and actively participating in national work on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Finland’s largest trade union confederation has recently teamed up with the national think tank Demos and with Google to study how to up-skill a million Finnish workers who will need additional competences in the decade ahead,… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.NameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels