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University students struggling – financial support cuts and summer job availability seemingly at a record low
The financial situation of students raised concerns and sparked discussions at the Suomen Ekonomit’s union conference on Saturday, May 18th, in Hämeenlinna. The chair of Suomen Ekonomit, Jukka-Pekka Kokkonen, urges employers to reconsider whether it would be possible to hire a summer worker for the upcoming summer.
Suomen Ekonomit for all
We aim is to represent and support all “Ekonomit” – Business and Economics graduates and students in Finland – whether they are Finnish, Finnish-speaking, Swedish-speaking or none of these.
Summer holidays – Do you know your rights?
The summer holiday season starts on the 2nd of May. Can an illness ruin your long-awaited summer? Can holiday plans fall through because of your superior? Following: the 5 most common questions related to holidays that businesspeople ask the lawyer team.
Why are business subsidies protected but student’s allowances cut? Suomen Ekonomit criticizes the additional taxation of work and praises the investments in R&D
The new government’ budget framework -kehysriihi- is aiming in the right direction, though business subsidies keep being unjustifiably protected. The government also backtracked on its earlier announcements by tightening labor taxation. The set target of increasing the level of education will only remain a dream with such budgeting decisions: the funding of higher education institutions was excluded from the growth-oriented budget measures and cuts were made to students’ allowances.
Anne Delgoulet started as an international liaison coordinator
Delgoulet’s role is to support the advocacy work of Suomen Ekonomit in terms of DEI, especially for non-Finnish-speaking and foreign-born students and talents.
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