EK’s newsletter for members 12/2009 headlines

• Confidence indicators: Companies do not expect rapid recovery

Working life

• Annual increase of 5.1 percent  in wages of industrial workers
• Wage survey for October 2009 gets underway
• Preliminary information about social insurance contributions in 2010
• Swine flue and business – guidelines for workplaces

Financing

• Financing and payment difficulties continue among SMEs
• Financing Survey 2009 by EK, Bank of Finland and Ministry of Employment and the Economy
• Amendments to terms of Finnvera’s counter-cyclical financing
  Corporate and industrial legislation
• Permits and increased regulation for administering grouped investments proposed
• Securities Markets Association’s guidelines for self-regulation
• Cutting costs generated by EU regulations
• Service Directive bill goes to parliament
• Safety Technology Authority assumes supervisory responsibilities for product safety
• Government draft legislation on  state enterprises under review 
• Government proposal on changes to legal protection methods of public procurements
• Clearer rules for employee copyrights
• Copyrights: Ministry of Education initiates discussion on creating compensation system

Innovations and expertise

• International assessment shakes Finland’s innovation system
• Tomorrow’s work will be done within learning networks

Environment, climate and energy

• Towards the Copenhagen Climate Conference
• Government Foresight Report provides good basis for climate debate
• Anticipated electricity consumption in Finland in 2030
• EU Summit reaches compromise on climate funding
• Amendment to Ecoplanning Directive approved
• Tighter framework  for preparing new Waste Act
• Legislation for implementing Environmental Responsibility Directive enters force in Finland
• EK statement on final report of feed-in tariff committee

Logistics

• Helsinki Region’s congestion charge report
• Reduction in sulphur emissions from shipping

News

• New corporate responsibility brochures

Events and training

• Enterprising Europe competition
• Information briefings on current environmental legislation
• KiVi 2009- Competitiveness through exports and internationalisation
• Environmental Forum autumn meeting 18.11.
• Local agreements seminars
  Occupational health forum 17.11.
• Global Entrepreneurship Week 16-22.11.
• Design and Architecture Road Show in Oulu 2.12.
• EK-Tieto Oy courses

More information in the Finnish newsletter -> choose 12/2009 (for members, registration required)

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