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      • Работа в Финляндии
      • Töötamine Soomes
      • Ka shaqaynta wadanka Finland dhexdiisa
      • العمل في فنلندا
      • 工作在芬兰
      • การทำงานในประเทศฟินแลนด์
      • Arbeiten in Finnland
      • Trabajo en Finlandia
      • Travailler en Finlande
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Working life

  • Working life: Main page
  • Ground rules of working
  • Wellbeing at work
  • Employee representatives
  • Agreements
  • Immigrants
  • Other languages
    • Работа в Финляндии
    • Töötamine Soomes
    • Ka shaqaynta wadanka Finland dhexdiisa
    • العمل في فنلندا
    • 工作在芬兰
    • การทำงานในประเทศฟินแลนด์
    • Arbeiten in Finnland
    • Trabajo en Finlandia
    • Travailler en Finlande

Other languages

SAK website includes entry-level guidance on the world of work in thirteen languages.
Mies puusepänverstaalla. Kuva: Jan Strandström / Kuvatoimisto Gorilla
Photo: Jan Strandström / Gorilla

Besides Finnish, Swedish and English, SAK website includes guidance in ten other languages.

  • Russian
  • Estonian
  • Somali
  • Arabic
  • Chinese
  • Thai
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Polish and
  • French.

Publications

SAK has also produced publications on ground rules of working in Finland in nine languages.

Finnish

Työelämän pelisäännöt

Swedish

Arbetslivets spelregler

English

A Guide to Working in Finland
You can avoid problems at work by remembering some simple principles

Russian

Правила игры трудовой жизни
Вы можете заранее предотвращать проблемы на работе

Estonian

Tööelu mängureeglid
Võid vältida probleemide tekkimist töökohal juba ette

Somali

Waad joojin kartaa oo ka hortagi kartaa dhibaatada goobta shaqada ka jirta

Arabic

الضوابط والنُظُم لحياة العمل

Chinese

在开始接受工作前，应先做好和了解下列事宜，以免后患

Polish

Problemom w miejscu pracy możesz

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Working life
23.05. 09:36
Learn the ground rules at work – free booklet available in English, Arabic, Estonian and Russian
Trade unions
21.05. 13:51
Katja Lehto-Komulainen to lead FinUnions
Working life
03.05. 10:00
SAK investigates: Migrant worker integration depends on employer goodwill
Working life
05.04. 13:26
Modern technology causes anxiety, but nearly a million Finns need reskilling – this is how SAK and Google would bring digital learning to all workplaces
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