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Factsheet for measure FI-2020-21/1296 – measures in Finland

Enter 2020 information campaign shares information on best practices at workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic

Enter 2020 kampanja jakaa yritysten parhaita käytäntöjä korona-pandemian aikaan

Country Finland , applies nationwide
Time period Open ended, started on 22 May 2020
Context COVID-19
Type Other initiatives or policies
Category Reorientation of business activities
– Change of production/Innovation
Author Amanda Kinnunen (Oxford Research) and Eurofound
Measure added 21 October 2020 (updated 22 October 2020)

Background information

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, workplaces have had to rapidly adapt to new routines and a new way of working. Some of them have tested ICT-based working for the first time while others have started to produce new types of products. Some have had to either temporarily or permanently lay off some of their employees while others have recruited more as a result of rapidly increased demand for certain services and products. In other words, a lot of learning has taken place at Finnish workplaces in 2020 and many companies have developed innovative ways to cope with the crisis. In order to facilitate communication about the learning processes and innovative ways to handle the crisis, the Confederation of Finnish Industries together with ten large Finnish companies started a campaign called Enter 2020.

Content of measure

Enter 2020 is an information campaign that gathers best practices from Finnish workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company practices gathered at the campaign's website are connected for instance to ways of making sure that the gradual return to office-based work is safe or the ways to adapt leadership practices during the pandemic. In addition, information about relevant studies are shared on the campaign’s website. The campaign seeks to also raise discussions regarding best practices on social media.

Although Enter 2020 campaign was established by Confederation of Finnish Industries and ten large Finnish companies, it is open for all companies and everyone can contribute to it.

Use of measure

No information available.

Target groups

Workers Businesses Citizens
Does not apply to workers Applies to all businesses Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors Funding
Employers' organisations
Company / Companies
Companies
Employers organisation

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

Trade unions Employers' organisations
Role No involvement Agreed (outcome) incl. social partner initiative
Form Not applicable Any other form of consultation, institutionalised (as stable working groups or committees) or informal

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

  • Only employers' organisations
  • Main level of involvement: Peak or cross-sectoral level

Involvement

Peak-level employers organisation Confederation of Finnish Industries has both designed and implemented this measure.

Views and reactions

No information available.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2020), Enter 2020 information campaign shares information on best practices at workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic, measure FI-2020-21/1296 (measures in Finland), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/FI-2020-21_1296.html

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