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FIN-2002-L-63021
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Title_of_text
Act on Job Alternation Leave (1305/2002).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Finland
Subjects (Classification)
Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services; Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave
Adopted on (Date of text)
2002-12-30
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
Vuorotteluvapaalaki
Abstract/Citation
Act dealing with alternation leave, which employees may take with the consent of the employer and where the employer replaces the employee with usually a young unemployed person. Contains 26 sections covering, inter alia, objectives (increase workers motivation and occupational health as well as to create better employment perspectives for the unemployed), scope of application, definitions (upon alternation leave the temporary employment opportunity is filled by unemployed), conditions (such as employment period of persons taking leave), period of alternation leave, written alternation leave contract, conditions governing the substitute person, interruption of alternation leave period, right for the employed person with alternation leave to go back to employment, alternation leave allowance, application for alternation leave allowance, reporting duty for employers, reimbursement, revision procedure, application of related Acts, control and miscellaneous. Act No. 1663 of 1995 remains applicable to agreements concluded before the entry into force of this Act.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2003-01-01
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End of applicaton region
Date of end of application
2007-12-31
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Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2004-05-07 (FIN-2004-L-67535)
Act (No. 363 of 2004) to amend the Alternation Leave Act (No. 1305 of 2002).
Amending text(s)
2004-06-24 (FIN-2004-L-67977)
Act (No. 609 of 2004) to amend ss. 20 and 21 of the Alternation Leave Act (No. 1305 of 2002).
Amending text(s)
2004-12-21 (FIN-2004-L-69849)
Act (No. 1244 of 2004) to amend s. 4 of the Alternation Leave Act (No. 1305 of 2002).
Amending text(s)
2006-12-08 (FIN-2006-L-74975)
Act No. 1092 of 2006 to amend the Alternation Leave Act (No. 1305 of 2006).
Amending text(s)
2006-12-22 (FIN-2006-L-74984)
Act No. 1254 of 2006 to amend section 4 of Alternation Leave Act (No. 1305 of 2002).
Amending text(s)
2007-12-07 (FIN-2007-L-79843)
Act (No. 1127 of 2007) amending the Alternation Leave Act (No. 1305 of 2002).
Amending text(s)
2008-12-19 (FIN-2008-L-87510)
Act (1054/2008) amending the Act on Job Alternation Leave (1305/2002).
Amending text(s)
2013-12-20 (FIN-2013-L-98036)
Act (1054/2013) amending the Act on Job Alternation Leave (1305/2002).
Amending text(s)
2014-08-08 (FIN-2014-L-101207)
Act (659/2014) amending the Act on Job Alternation Leave (1305/2002).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Unofficial English translation
Author
Ministry of Labour
Publisher
Finlex
Country
Finland
URL
http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/2002/en20021305.pdf
File
FIN63021 English.pdf (PDF)
Electronic source title
Acts on-line in Finnish and Swedish
Author
FINLEX
Publisher
Ministry of Justice
Country
Finland
URL
http://www.finlex.fi/
File
FIN63021 Finnish.pdf (PDF in Finnish [as amended])
Serial region
Serial title
Soumen Säädöskokoelma
Date
2002-12-31
Number
No. 1305
Page range
pp. 5400-5405
ISBN
0787-3182