The collective agreement guarantees you benefits that are better than the law.
The collective agreement affects your work and daily life in many ways: this site will tell you how!
Many cooks make a good collective agreement soup!
How your pay is negotiated
Pay level, calculation grounds or minimum amount are not statutory; pay and working conditions are agreed in the collective agreement. The universities’ remuneration system is agreed in the universities’ collective…
Your teaching hours have an upper limit
University teaching and research staff cannot be assigned more teaching than is set out in their work plan and collective agreement. In teaching-focused roles, the maximum number of contact hours…
Current topics
The only one we’ve got
Twelve years ago, the Finnish universities signed the first collective agreement of their own. According to university representatives, this agreement is not perfect but essential regardless. Early next year, the…
Preparations under way for negotiations
The universities’ general collective agreement is in force until 31 March 2022. Negotiations about a new collective agreement, which will enter into force on 1 April 2022, will begin in…
