- What is considered as discrimination?
- Legal protection instruments
- Pregnancy and family leaves
- Pay discrimination
- Recruitment and selection of employees
- Sexual harassment and gender-based harassment
- Supervisory powers and work conditions
- Dismissals and lay-offs
- Discrimination in schools and educational institutions
- Gender identity and gender expression
- Pricing and the availability of services
- Discrimination in sports
- Discrimination and military service
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Contacting the Ombudsman for Equality
Preventing discrimination in the workplace
The Equality Act section 6 c states that employers are obliged to prevent in a purposeful and planned manner all discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression. The obligation must be taken into account in the formulation of equality plans and in decision-making on equality promotion measures.
Publication: The Equality Act, discrimination and gender diversity (The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, 2016) (PDF)
The Act on Equality section 6 c states that employers are obliged to prevent in a purposeful and planned manner all discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression. The obligation must be taken into account in the formulation of equality plans and in decision-making on equality promotion measures.
The Act on Equality section 6 c states that education providers are obliged to prevent in a purposeful and planned manner all discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression. The obligation must be taken into account in the formulation of the educational institution's operational equality plan and in decision-making on equality promotion measures.
Prevention of and intervention in sexual harassments at schools and educational institutions – Summary (Finnish National Agency for Education, 2020) (PDF)
The Act of Equality section 6 c states that state and municipal authorities are obliged to prevent in a purposeful and planned manner all discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression.
This obligation also concerns services provided by municipalities, regions and the state, such as social welfare and health services and sports services. To prevent discrimination, in the provision of public services it must be ensured that the service has been organised in a way that is inclusive to gender minorities.