Being an employer

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In this part of the material we are looking into the responsibilities as an employer along with what you can expect from an employee. We are also briefly looking into links and other sources where you can get additional info when needed. This part of the material is focused on the obligations by law and costs you as an employer have. Being an employer consists in the end of course of so much more 🙂

The material on this page has been put together by an entrepreneur with more than thirty years experience at Anakom, Sirpa Alho-Törrönen. The comments of other experts at Anakom and public sources have also been utilized. You can reach Sirpa via phone at 044 323 7000.

  • The responsibilities of an employer and costs of employing
PAYING SALARY
  • Salary calculations can be done either by the entrepreneur or with the help of an accounting firm
  • If you want to do it yourself you can use accounting software in your use or palkka.fi provided free of charge by the public administration (unfortunately available only in Finnish or Swedish).
GENERAL AGREEMENTS
  •  in Finland we have also industry-specific collective bargaining when a general agreement within the industry is made. These general agreements can be binding for the employers in the industry. Make sure you check the legislation in force at finlex.fi. 
  • General agreements in the industry can also give you instructions and binding guidelines about salary. In most of the industries general agreements for example a students without previous experience in the industry salary is 70-85% of the starting professionals salary
 EMPLOYERS GENERAL OBLIGATIONS 
  • Health insurance payments is paid for every employee aged 16-67. The payment is made by the employer to the tax office from the salary payments following month 12th. The payment  year 2019 is 0,77%
  • Withholding taxes. The employer withholds taxes based on the tax card given by the employee. The amount according to the percentages stated on the tax card is paid to the tax officials from the salary payments following month 12th
  • Insurance.  Arrange ssuch as employment pension insurance, accident insurance, group life insurance, unemployment insurance contribution, and social insurance premium
  • Obligation to arrange for and pay for statutory occupational healthcare for employees. Kela reimburses reasonable and necessary costs of providing occupational healthcare