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The tasks of the occupational safety and health authority will be transferred to the new Finnish Supervisory Agency on 1 January 2026. On that date, the Occupational Safety and Health Department of the new agency will become the competent national occupational safety and health authority, and the contact details will change. Read more from the page Agency reform.

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