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Article: Finnish employers and employee unions disagree on working hours - report.(Brief Article)

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July 20, 2004
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NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-20 July 2004-Finnish employers and employee unions disagree on working hours - report(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com

Finnish employers are reportedly calling for longer working hours in the up-coming tripartite comprehensive incomes policy agreement.

"There is clearly pressure to increase annual working hours," Risto Alanko, industrial relations department chief of the Confederation of Finnish Industry and Employers (TT) reportedly told the Finnish business daily Kauppalehti.

The union chief said that "the aging of the population and the resulting constriction in labour supply as well as the ...

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