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The original consular commission, together with the exequatur and an inquiry form will be returned to the diplomatic mission of the sending state. The inquiry form should be completed by the honorary consul and returned to the Ministry together with a recent passport size photograph. The honorary consul shall be granted a honorary consular card upon request. The card can be renewed every five years.
The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations lays down provisions on the facilities, privileges and immunities applying to honorary consuls and honorary consulates.
In Finland, honorary consulates are not allowed to designate diplomatic or consular couriers or to use diplomatic or consular bags.
1.13 Locally employed Staff
Locally employed staff members are, as a rule, permanently resident in Finland prior to their employment with a mission.
Their employment differs from the employment of those staff members who are assigned to duty directly from the sending state. They are are usually considered to be on a temporary assignment as administrative/technical staff or service staff of the Missions.
The above does not limit the right of persons who are entitled to free movement in the EU to engage themselves in employment in foreign missions.
1.13.1 Conditions of Employment
Work performed in Finland is usually governed by the Finnish employment legislation. The employment legislation lays down the terms and conditions of employment on the labour market. In addition the employers’ and employees’ organisations enter into public and private sector collective agreements that specify wages and also terms and conditions of employment in a particular sector or occupation. Pursuant to the Finnish Employment Contracts Act the so-called universally binding collective agreements are binding in their respective sectors also on unaffiliated employers (i.e. employers who do not belong to an employers’ organisation), even if they are not party to the collective agreement.
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