Layoffs

Economy & Business

BUSINESS

Netflix lays off 300 workers amid subscriber losses

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/24/22

In addition to layoffs, Netflix has promised to gain more subscribers by offering a cheaper version with commercials and experimenting with ways to make more money from password sharing

Economy & Business

AIRLINES

Air carrier Swiss warns cabin crew to get vaccinated or face layoffs

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/28/21

Anyone unwilling to get the jab can expect to be fired in January

Finland

BUSINESS

Veikkaus to lay off 200 employees, change hundreds of work contracts

The Nomad Today 8/11/21

The Finnish state-owned gambling monopoly launches a plan to adjust the size of its staff and be "more efficient"

Finland

EMPLOYMENT

Finland to receive EU aid to support redundant Finnair staff

The Nomad Today 5/9/21

The application concerns a total of about 500 former employees who lost their jobs at Finnair and related companies.

Finland

WEAKENED BUSINESS

Viking Line to begin layoff negotiations

The Nomad Today 8/24/20

Negotiations will begin on 1 September in Finland and Åland and are expected to last six weeks. Similar talks will be held in Estonia, the company said.

Finland

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

Parliament approves extending protection to laid off workers

The Nomad Today 6/25/20

The right of laid-off employees to unemployment benefit and entrepreneurs to labour market support would remain in force until 31 December 2020.

Finland

Number of unemployed jobseekers nearly doubled in April

The Nomad Today 5/27/20

The number of people laid off was 184,000 in the whole country; a year-on-year increase of 166,600. 

Finland

Government measures to protect laid off employees take effect

The Nomad Today 4/2/20

People who are laid off due to coronavirus epidemic will be entitled to unemployment benefit even if they are engaged in business activities or studies.

Finland

Coronavirus

Government facilitates layoffs to help companies during the epidemic

The Nomad Today 3/26/20

On the other hand, the conditions for accessing unemployment benefits are also softened.

Finland

Nokia to present its new devices on 19 March in London

Eric Lipchis 3/4/20

The announcement came on the same day that the company decided to terminate 148 jobs in Finland.

Finland

Finnair dismisses workers for using Wi-Fi client logins

The Nomad Today 11/5/19

The company suspects that up to 100 employees have been using IDs assigned to travelers during the flights.

Finland

Migri now promises a "considerable reduction" in processing times

The Nomad Today 11/3/19

In just five days, Migri went from announcing layoffs to promising a "considerable reduction" of processing times. In between, the Government proposed to allocate 5.8 million euros to prevent…

Finland

Government allocates additional 5.8 million to prevent Migri's collapse

The Nomad Today 10/29/19

The immigration agency will cancel the temporary layoffs planned for November and December.

Finland

Migri to work with "reduced capacity" in November and December

The Nomad Today 10/27/19

The agency intends to apply temporary layoffs in the last two months of 2019 and to cut 120 jobs in 2020.

Finland

Number of unemployed decreased, but layoffs increased

The Nomad Today 10/22/19

The number of unfilled vacancies at employment offices in September amounted to 121,500, which was 21,000 more than a year ago. However, the layoffs figures suggest that not everything is going well…