Termination of a permanent work contract by the employer

myray · Post by **myray** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:42 pm

Hi all.
My friend is about to be laid off by his employer and he's on a permanent contract.the employer gave him a written notification and told him when he will stop work in two weeks time.And that the layoff is as a result of economic reasons.Will the employer pay full salary for one or few months since he was on a permanent contract?All ideas are welcomed...thank you .

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Rip · Post by **Rip** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:51 pm

The notice period depends on how long he had been working. If he had been working for less than a year then 14 days is sufficient.

myray · Post by **myray** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:16 am

Rip wrote:The notice period depends on how long he had been working. If he had been working for less than a year then 14 days is sufficient.

He's been working for about 3 years with the same employer .

tavastia · Post by **tavastia** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 1:16 pm

What is the size of the company? They had YT?

myray · Post by **myray** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 5:15 pm

They had 15 employees

tavastia · Post by **tavastia** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 6:47 pm

Over 15 they will need to do YT.

tavastia · Post by **tavastia** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 6:49 pm

And about your question their obligation is to pay the salary for the notice period.

riku2 · Post by **riku2** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 9:23 pm

The limit for YT negotiations is 20 employees and over

http://guidetoworkinginfinland.fi/E30/co-operation

foca · Post by **foca** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 10:02 pm

Collective agreement may be applied even if there is less than 20 people in the company. But even if there is no collective agreement the law applies I.e Employment contract act. If I remember correctly it is 14 days there if one is employed les than a year ... Do check Finlex.fi for that

betelgeuse · Post by **betelgeuse** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 1:47 pm

foca wrote:Collective agreement may be applied even if there is less than 20 people in the company. But even if there is no collective agreement the law applies I.e Employment contract act. If I remember correctly it is 14 days there if one is employed les than a year ... Do check Finlex.fi for that

The law allows anything from zero to six months based on mutual agreement.

http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2 ... 10055#L6P2

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 9:22 pm

betelgeuse wrote: The law allows anything from zero to six months based on mutual agreement.

http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2 ... 10055#L6P2

True. I doubt there is any TES with shorter periods, so if there isn't specific clause in the personal employment contract, then the notice period is one month (duration of the employment more than one, less than four years). In Finland that means the employer is supposed to pay the salary for that period. If the employer so wishes, the employee has the obligation to continue to work for the whole period.

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