Collective agreements
The most important duty of Trade Union JHL is to protect member interests in workplaces and negotiate the members’ terms and conditions of employment.
What is a collective agreement?
Collective agreement (abbreviated as tes in Finnish) is an agreement on a specific sector’s terms and conditions of employment. These agreements provide JHL members with better terms and conditions of employment than the law. Collective agreements determine for instance pay, working time, and the right to annual holiday and sick pay. In addition, various working life rules and employee rights, which affect the entire society, are agreed on in them.
As a member of Trade Union JHL, you’ll get security, support, and advice in various working life situations.
Public sector collective agreements apply to people working for municipalities, wellbeing services counties, the Finnish state or the church sector.
The collective agreements for private sectors, concluded by JHL, determine the terms and conditions of employment in municipal and state companies and enterprises, associations and foundations, and in many social services sector companies, among others. Also a private individual, such as the employer of a personal assistant, may act as an employer.
Collective agreements in alphabetical order
Here is a selection of the collective agreements negotiated by JHL. For all the agreements, see this page in Finnish or Swedish.
Airpro
The agreement period will end on 31 March 2025
Palta Collective Labour Agreement for special sectors
Personal assistants
The agreement period: from 1 October 2023 to 30 April 2025
Collective agreement page for personal assistants (in Finnish)
Private health services sector
Read the news article The negotiation result for the private health services sector has been approved.
The collective agreement period is from 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2026.
Private social services sector
Private social services sector’s page (in Finnish)
Private teaching sector
Read the news article JHL’s Executive Committee approved the negotiation results for the private teaching sector and adult education centres (27 May 2024)
The collective agreement is valid from 23 May 2024 to 31 March 2026.
The collective agreement for the private teaching sector for the period of 9 August 2022–31 March 2024
Universities
General collective agreement for universities 1 April 2023–31 March 2025
Additional information on the collective agreement for university employees is available at yliopistotes.fi/en/.
Vocational adult education centres
Read the news article JHL’s Executive Committee approved the negotiation results for the private teaching sector and adult education centres (27 May 2024)
The collective agreement is valid from 23 May 2024 to 31 March 2026.