📋 Tender Overview
Parliament has approved the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in Working Life and the Act on the Implementation of the Legislative Provisions of the Convention. The President of the Republic is expected to ratify the Convention and ratify the Act on 17.5. Convention 190 of the International Labour Organisation is the first international binding treaty specifically addressing violence and harassment at work.
The purpose of the Convention is to protect workers and other persons in working life from violence and harassment. The Member State also undertakes to ensure the right to equality and non-discrimination in respect of employment and occupation for all workers.
Ratification will further strengthen human rights at work
The ratification of the Convention supports and promotes the realisation of the fundamental rights laid down in the Constitution. The Convention complements the framework of international agreements already binding on Finland and promotes the realisation of human rights in working life.
The Convention entered into force internationally on 26.5.2021. Before Finland, 39 states had already ratified the Convention.
The Convention shall enter into force for Finland twelve months after the date of registration of its ratification. The Act is intended to enter into force on a date to be determined by Government decree at the same time as the Convention enters into force for Finland.
