Employment contract
Employment in Finland always involves an employment contract, whereby the employee agrees to perform some specified work for an employer in return for agreed wages or other compensation. There is no absolute need for this contract to be written down, but the employer is legally bound to give the employee a written certificate of the employment terms.
Although employment contracts should generally be open-ended arrangements that are valid until further notice, such a contract may also be made for a temporary, specified period, so that the contract ends automatically when this period expires. There must always be a concrete and justifiable reason for making a temporary employment contract.
A trial period of no more than four months may be agreed when the employment begins. During this trial period the employer or the employee may cancel the employment contract without notice.
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