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    Newsletter March 9, 2023

    In which case may your former employer be obliged to offer you a job?

    Learn to identify and articulate your skills

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    Dismissal was proven to be unjustified – Mediation was successfully achieved through Lakikaveri

    Unfounded dismissals and fabricated allegations of sexual harassment were settled quickly with the help of YTK Worklife's Lakikaveri legal service. The employer had to pay 30,000 euros in damages.
    How Lakikaveri helped BLOG

    Our lawyer noticed that the employer had not paid wage supplements correctly – a considerable amount was settled

    The employee asked Lakikaveri for help with missing wages, at which point it was found out that in reality, the employer had failed to pay more than ten times the amount. The case was settled quickly.
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    Fact about employment contracts: termination of a fixed-term employment

    If the employment contract includes a probation, either party to the employment relationship may terminate the fixed-term contract with immediate effect. After the probation, the general rule is that a fixed-term employment relationship ends after the term is up, unless a termination clause is specifically included in the contract and the contract is a hybrid agreement.
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    An employment contract can be the most important document in your life - always do it in writing!

    "The biggest stumbling block in employment relationships is that the employment contract is not made in writing. Especially in certain sectors, there is still a culture of verbal agreement," says Janika Räty, a Lakikaveri legal service lawyer . In her work, she helps the members of YTK Worklife with ambiguities in their employment relationships.
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    A new legal service and exciting well-being topics – this was 2022 like for YTK Worklife

    YTK’s work life services had an exciting start to last year, when we launched a major new membership benefit: the Lakikaveri legal service. In Lakikaveri, our members can find a telephone helpline on labour law issues and services by a lawyer, all with an annual membership fee of just 24 euros.
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    Gain momentum and direction for your career and job search via LinkedIn

    Around 1.6 million people already use LinkedIn in Finland. Only a small number of them are so-called active users, and the rest follow from the sidelines or may have made a profile, but the job has stayed there.

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    Ilona Kangas YTK-Association

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    Ilona Kangas

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    Communications Manager

    Elina Andersson-Finne

    050 348 1795
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