The implementation group in Finland took the following actions:
- published a joint paper on “Dialogue on the use of digitalisation at workplaces and industries” in 2022, which has been used as a discussion input and to encourage dialogue on digitalisation both at workplaces and industries;
- finalized a joint statement for the political decision-makers and ministries (distributed in March 2022);
- co-operate with the national working-life program WORK2030 ( https://hyvatyo.ttl.fi/tyo2030/work2030 ) in explaining, disseminating and implementing the joint paper.
- A total of 39 industry-level development projects based on the special needs of work communities and organisations in the field. The social partners were actively planning and implementing those projects. Typically, future work, dialogue, competencies, productivity, learning and well-being of employees were developed together in those projects.
- Due to the coronavirus pandemic, several projects focused on developing new methods of operation, remote services and hybrid work. Some of the projects focused specifically on utilizing digitalisation, e.g. in SMEs, digital agent support was tried. Hermes app was developed for rural industry, horticulture, forest sector and plant nursery employees who come from abroad to inform about working life rules.
- Several studies on the state and development of working life and the utilization of digitalisation were published. Short summary of some of the results: Competence, co-operation and participation: factors of innovation-based productivity growth in Finnish workplaces ( https://www.julkari.fi/handle/10024/146439 )
- The labour market organizations jointly propose the continuation of the WORK2030 program.
Type of action
· Joint action
Name(s) of involved organisation(s)
· The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK
· The Church Employers KiT
· The Confederation of Finnish Industries EK
· The Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland Akava
· The Federation of Finnish Enterprises SY
· The Finnish Confederation of Professionals STTK
· The Local Government and County Employers KT
· The Ministry of Finance/Office for the Government as Employer VTML
EU Member State(s)
Finland
Involved sector(s)
All sectors
Targeted category
· Digital skills and securing employment
· Modalities of connecting and disconnecting
· Artificial Intelligence and guaranteeing the human in control principle
· Respect of human dignity and surveillance.
· Suomeksi: https://hyvatyo.ttl.fi/hubfs/Vuoropuhelu%20digitalisaation%20hy%C3%B6dynt%C3%A4misest%C3%A4_final_10.3..pdf
Please provide further information on the actions taken within your project:
· We want to highlight the importance of wellbeing and the possibilities of productivity digitalisation can offer at the workplace.
· In all industries and in all professions in Finland, digitalisation has significantly changed the contents of work, practices of working together and even ways of organising work. The pace of change is accelerating.
· There is a great need to discuss the changes and development of digitalization and to understand and learn from them together.
It is important to note that it is necessary to continue the implementation work in the coming years. In Finland, we intend to continue the work of the implementation group and the digitalisation cooperation of the labour market partners.
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