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Recent employment and entrepreneurship studies Työpoliittinen aikakauskirja 2/2018
Recent employment and entrepreneurship studies
Working Life Barometer 2017 - Preliminary data
Maija Lyly-Yrjänäinen
Publications of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
MEAE reports 3/2018
The preliminary data on the Working Life Barometer reveals that, in 2017, employees’ experiences of the quality of working life were in many respects more positive than in the past few years. Employment and the financial situation in employees' own workplaces are expected to improve further. The estimates about changes at work and changes in the meaningfulness of work are more positive than they have been for a long time. Access to information and the oppor- tunities to develop and influence are believed to improve rather than deteriorate. Employees now have more opportunities to learn and par- ticipate in developing the activities at the work- place. New technology and the working meth- ods enabled by it are part of the daily routines at workplaces.
At the same time, many work at a fast pace and according to tight schedules. The possibil- ities to influence one's pace of work, work tasks and the division of work have not increased. Discrimination, bullying and violence are still encountered at workplaces. They have been observed by a minority of employees, but the
trends are stable and reveal that a lot still needs to be done to eradicate discrimination and har- assment.
The data used in the Working Life Barometer 2017 is based on 1,693 telephone interviews con- ducted by Statistics Finland during August and September. The data can reliably be generalised to apply to employees everywhere in Finland and in all sectors. A final report on the results will be published during 2018.
Support for change - Evaluation of the achievements and impact of EGF activities
Publications of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Working life, 12/2018
Tommi Ålander / Keimo Sillanpää
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The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) supports people who have been made redundant as a result of globalisation or the worldwide economic and finance crisis, in