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At the request of Minister of Labor Tuula Haatainen Hannu Mkinen Director General of Customs has drafted a proposal to correct the lower employment of the partially disabled. Mkinen proposes a company like Samhall in Sweden but adapted to Finlands needs.The intermediate labor market participant proposed by Mkinen strengthens the transitions of the partially able-bodied to the open labor market. It provides jobs for those for whom this transition would not otherwise take place. This is done in the liquidators proposal by combining both adequate services and doing the work.- In addition to strengthening employment it is a matter of inclusion and justice said Minister of Labor Tuula Haatainen when she received Hannu Mkinens report at the announcement ceremony on 9 February 2021.- The new Finnish model proposed by the liquidator Mkinen is necessary. Sanna Marins government wants to raise the employment of people with partial abilities and disabilities to a whole new level Haatainen emphasized.Decisions on the intermediate labor market player are to be made in the spring 2021 framework debate. The operation is scheduled to start during 2022 at the latest.- In Sweden Samhall is a public limited company with the largest number of employees and employs more than 25000 people. We must have a similar direction the Minister of Labor said.The most important reform of Mkinens proposal is a new business operator who employs part-time people. The proposed entity combines employment and services required by the jobseekers ability to work.The Finnish model presented by Mkinen would solve the main obstacles to the employment of the partially able-bodied Part-time people often have a wide range of service needs but they are unfortunately often left unidentified. In addition the services provided to them lack a proper working life orientation. The demand for labor is not equally for the able-bodied. This is partly due to discrimination partly due to shortcomings in the services provided to employers.The role of the new entrant is complementaryReforms have already been launched in the governments work ability program to improve the employment of the partially disabled. These include e.g. Development of TE services employment conditions in public procurement and development of operating conditions for social enterprises.Mkinens proposal emphasizes that the further preparation of an intermediary labor market operator must take into account that it must complement the already existing employment services. It is not intended that the new intermediate labor market operator will employ those who are able to work in part as would other employment. The new entrant and the public support provided to it must also not distort competition in the market.In addition Minister of Labor Haatainen requires that the special expertise of organizations foundations and associations be utilized in building the Finnish model of a new intermediary labor market player.The Finnish model proposed by Mkinen gets its customers as indicated by the TE Office and its three tasks would be1. ensuring and providing the necessary complement to the services of themost disadvantaged part-time workers 2. employing the most disadvantaged part-time workers and3. arranging for the employment of groups with a high employment threshold elsewhere.- For the success of the Finnish model it would be important to reach a situation in society where various communities and companies would like to make extensive use of the services of the most difficult part-time employer to carry out social responsibility said Hannu Mkinen.Municipal experiments and the transfer of employment services to the local level are one part of the governments employment policy reform package. The second part is the Nordic employment service model in which employment services are created close and individual for jobseekers while at the same time modifying the entire system of sanctions. The third part of Finlands employment policy reform would be the intermediary labor market player presented by the liquidator Mkinen.
