The collective agreement guarantees you benefits that are better than the law.

The current collective agreement for university employees

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Blog: It’s time for solutions in the university sector

The Negotiation Organisation for Public Sector Professionals JUKO represents 200,000 Akava members in public and publicly funded sectors. The negotiation organisation is a whole where …

Blog: In a society of hard measures

On Tuesday, April 22nd, the employee side issued a strike warning for a one-day strike at the Tampere University on May 7th. This was done …

Blog: University staff deserve pay raises in line with the general trend

The high-quality research conducted by university staff and the teaching based on it enable Finland’s competitive development and innovation activities. Teaching at universities is based …

The collective agreement in a nutshell

Your teaching hours have an upper limit

The annual working time for university teaching and research staff is 1,612 hours. University teaching and research staff cannot be assigned more teaching than is set out in their work plan and collective agreement.

How your pay is negotiated

Pay level, calculation grounds or minimum amount are not statutory; pay and working conditions are agreed in the collective agreement. The universities’ remuneration system is agreed in the universities’ collective agreement. The idea is to create a remuneration system that specifically suits universities.