Search results for "työvoima"

Precarious workers' choices about unemployment insurance membership after the Ghent system reform : The Finnish experience

2019

The literature on the Ghent system has focused on the link between voluntary unemployment insurance and union membership in terms of industrial relations. Less attention has been paid to unemployment benefits and employees' decision-making concerning unemployment insurance, even though the core function of the Ghent system is to provide unemployment insurance. This paper examines both of the options that precarious workers (i.e., part-timers, temporary employees, and low-skilled service employees) choose regarding unemployment insurance membership and the change in union density after the Ghent system reform in Finland. First, the results show that the growth of the independent unemployment…

Technological change and wage premiums amongst high-skilled labour

2019

This study examines the impact of the steam engine, which produced wide and long-lasting economic growth from the 19th century to the early 20th century, on the wages of high-skilled seamen in the Swedish merchant maritime shipping industry. The analysis focuses on the years 1869–1914, which was a transition period during which traditional sailing ships were replaced by steam-powered vessels. The study shows that all high-skilled occupations received wage gains under steam technology. The evidence on wage polarization amongst the high-skill occupations remains subtle, although there is certain evidence that wage premiums vary by occupation. peerReviewed

Internet ohjauksessa vai ohjaus internetissä? : ohjaajien käsityksiä internetin merkityksestä työvälineenä

2006

Sekä kansainvälisessä että kansallisessa koulutus- ja työvoimapolitiikassa on viime vuosina korostettu nuorille ja aikuisille suunnattujen ohjaus- ja neuvontapalvelujen saatavuutta, laadun varmistamista ja palvelumuotojen monipuolistamista. Yksittäisten eri elämänvaiheisiin sijoittuvien valintatilanteiden tarkastelun sijasta ohjauksen tavoitteita ja palveluja tulee jäsentää elinikäisen ohjauksen näkökulmasta. Laadukkaat ja kattavat ohjauspalvelut edesauttavat myös taloudellista kehitystä. Perinteisten ohjaajan ja asiakkaan kahdenkeskiseen vuorovaikutukseen perustuvien työmuotojen rinnalle on kehitetty uusia innovatiivisia työmuotoja. Tuoreimpia innovaatioita ovat tieto- ja viestintäteknolog…

Locked in Inferiority? : The Positions of Estonian Construction Workers in the Finnish Migrant Labour Regime

2016

Abstract The aim of this article is to analyse how different policies and actors have structured the current migrant labour regime in the Finnish construction sector and to discuss the consequences for migrants. Our study shows that a strong industrial relations system such as in Finland is able to curb the posting of workers regime (the most disadvantageous for migrant workers). The position of labour migrants has become more diverse in the segmented labour market, although it remains inferior compared to that of the natives. Consideration of the policy development revolving around the changing migrant labour regimes constitutes the first part of the analysis and is based on government and…

Toward a Model of Workforce Training and Development

2019

In the modern, ever-changing world, both employers and employees are struggling in keeping their competitive advantage. Previous studies have recognised that both formal instruction and informal learning are needed to gain and maintain competence. The famous 70-20-10 model states that only 10 per cent of learning occurs during the formal instruction. The challenge for the organisations is how the formal instruction can and should be provided to employees. In this paper, we constructed a model of Workforce Training and Development (WOTRA), based on the current learning theories, modes, methods, and models. WOTRA can be used by both employers and employees to choose an adequate mix of learnin…

Kotoutumiskoulutuksen opetussuunnitelman perusteet kuvaa tavoitettaan osallisuutta epämääräisesti ja kapeasti

2023

Kotoutumiskoulutuksen uudessa perusteasiakirjassa korostuu osallisuuden käsite. Se jää kuitenkin määrittelemättä: osallisuuteen viitataan sekä kapearajaisesti työmarkkinaosallisuutena että epäsuorasti niin, että käsitteen varsinainen merkitys jää avoimeksi. Tutkimuskirjallisuudessa osallisuus edellyttää laaja-alaista sosiaalis-yhteiskunnallista kuulumista ja yhdenvertaisuutta. nonPeerReviewed

Prosociality as a mediator between teacher collaboration and turnover intention

2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of prosociality, which is defined in terms of helping and benefitting others, between teacher collaboration and their turnover intentions. Prosociality was measured as prosocial impact and prosocial motivation.Design/methodology/approachThis study was conducted through a cross-sectional survey of 260 elementary and junior high school teachers in Japan. A structural equational model was employed to examine the mediating roles of prosocial impact and prosocial motivation in the relationships between teacher collaboration and their turnover intention.FindingsThe results, first, supported the hypotheses: the high perception o…

Labor as Action: the Human Condition in the Anthropocene

2020

Abstract The Anthropocene has become an umbrella term for the disastrous transgression of ecological safety boundaries by human societies. The impact of this new reality is yet to be fully registered by political theorists. In an attempt to recalibrate the categories of political thought, this article brings Hannah Arendt’s framework of The Human Condition (labor, work, action) into the gravitational pull of the Anthropocene and current knowledge about the Earth System. It elaborates the historical emergence of our capacity to “act in the mode of laboring” during fossil-fueled capitalist modernity, a form of agency relating to our collectively organized laboring processes reminiscent of the…

NGOs and the implementation of active labour market policies : the case of Finland and Sweden

2012

Regional Case Study. From Ukraine to Finland and Estonia via Poland : Migration and posting of third country nationals. Work package 4

2020

This report gives an overview of the Con3Post project1 research that analyses a new and understudied phenomenon of posting third country nationals (TCNs) in the European construction sector, with a special focus on the posting flow involving workers from Ukraine being posted to Finland and Estonia through Poland. The research highlights severe regulatory challenges related to the phenomenon. These include posted TCNs being exposed to multiple vulnerabilities that are even more extreme than intra-European Union (EU) posted workers are usually exposed to. These are: lack of occupational safety and health training and having no accident insurance coverage, not receiving wages and other employm…