Contractor’s obligations and liability when work is contracted out. Published 14.2.2025, updated 15.1.2026.

Guide: Act on the Contractor’s Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out

Also available in

• Finnish
• Swedish
• Estonian
• Polish
• Russian
• Latvian
• Lithuanian

Information for foreign employees on the basic principles of working in Finland.  

Available in Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, English, Estonian, Finnish, Hindi, Kurdish, Nepali, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Ukrainian, Uzbek and Vietnamese.

Publications of the OSH Administration in Finland 5/2021

As a foreign employee in Finland

Information leaflet on employee’s status. Available in Arabic, English, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, Polish, Russian, Kurdish, Swedish and Ukranian.

Are you self-employed or an employee?

Guide for seasonal workers | Published 24.6.2025, updated 29.4.2026

Guide for seasonal workers

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• Finnish
• Thai
• Russian

Instructions for selecting and using high-visibility warning clothing. Published 12 December 2024.

Guide: High-visibility warning clothing

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• Finnish
• Swedish

The method for evaluating the load of patient transfers has been developed as a practical tool for assessing the load caused by patient transfers.

Occupational safety and health publications 83. Occupational Safety and Health Administration 2009 (updated 2018).

A method for evaluating the load of patient transfers (pdf)

Evaluation form (pdf)

Also available in

• Finnish (pdf)

The guide offers methods for identifying, assessing and managing psychosocial workload.

Publications of the OSH Administration in Finland 2/2017

Guide: Psychosocial workload (pdf)

Also available in

• Finnish (pdf)
• Swedish (pdf)

Guide for wild berry pickers. Published 28 June 2024, updated 7 January 2026.

Guide: Wild berry picker’s rights

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• Finnish
• Swedish
• Thai
• Ukrainian
• Russian