Statements

Filling positions in the Finnish Border Guard without an open application procedure must not restrict the rights of those suspecting discrimination (TAS 220/2023, issued on 11 May 2023)

19.5.2023 9.52

Different lifting restrictions in schools' work experience instructions (TAS 403/2022, issued on 24 April 2023)

2.5.2023 11.06

Adherence to the quota principle is mandatory in municipally owned companies and recommended in bodies for exerting influence in wellbeing services counties (TAS 427/2022, issued 13 February 2023; TAS 182/2023, issued 29 March 2023)

24.4.2023 15.23

The school and education provider has not only the right, but also the obligation to intervene in harassment and discriminatory behaviour (TAS 89/2023, issued on 21 February 2023)

6.3.2023 12.46

The composition of the council of an association of municipalities must be assessed as a separate unit (TAS 78/2022, issued on 7 December 2022)

18.1.2023 16.10

Statement on the Government Equality Policy Report (VNS 5/2022 vp., issued on 29 November 2022)

30.11.2022 14.56

Statement on the Ministry of Justice's memorandum on the regulation of online targeting and shaming under criminal law (TAS 530/2022, issued 31 October 2022)

24.11.2022 15.30

Ombudsman for Equality's statement to the Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament on the government proposal for an Act on the affirmation of gender and related acts (TAS 516/2022, issued on 17 October 2022)

21.10.2022 15.00

Statement on the Government's budget proposal to Parliament for 2023 (HE 154/2022 vp.)

19.10.2022 15.40

Statement on the government proposal for an Act amending the Non-Discrimination Act and related acts 

19.10.2022 15.09

The granting of a single bonus point to female applicants in the student selection for basic Border Guard training is justified (TAS 110/2022, issued on 1 September 2022)

30.9.2022 13.56

Case of suspected harassment at the Olympic team preparation camp for the Tokyo Summer Olympics (TAS 156/2022, issued on 20 June 2022)

20.6.2022 17.13

Statement to the Employment and Equality Committee of Parliament on the Non-Discrimination Ombudsman's Report to Parliament 2022 (K 7/2022 vp) (TAS 270/2022)

10.6.2022 16.32

The impact of family leave on performance bonuses (TAS 518/2020, issued 11 November 2021)

6.6.2022 12.03

Statement on the draft Government proposal for an act amending the Act on Equality Between Women and Men (increasing pay transparency) (TAS 207/2022, issued on 2 June 2022)

3.6.2022 11.12

Statement on the draft Government proposal to extend the gender equality planning obligation to early childhood education and care (TAS 192/2022, issued on 25 May 2022)

31.5.2022 16.18

Statement of the Ombudsman for Equality to the Employment and Equality Committee of Parliament on the Ombudsman for Equality’s Report to Parliament 2022 (TAS 249/2022, issued on 24 May 2022)

25.5.2022 17.55

Summary of reports concerning the partial reform of the Non-Discrimination Act (VN/3528/2021) (TAS 159/2022, issued on 19th May 2022)

23.5.2022 12.31

Statement to the Education and Culture Committee of Parliament on the Ombudsman for Equality's 2022 report to Parliament (K 1/22 vp) (TAS 235/2022, issued on 12 May 2022)

16.5.2022 10.42

Training for female scriptwriters (TAS 300/2021, issued on 16 February 2022)

2.5.2022 13.02

Statement on the draft Government proposal for the amendment of section 1 of the Personal Files Act (wellbeing services counties and joint authorities, pay publicity) (TAS 620/2021, issued on 17 January 2022)

2.5.2022 12.46

Statement to the Employment and Equality Committee regarding the Government report on changes in the security environment (VNS 1/2022 vp.) (TAS 205/2022, issued on 27 April 2022)

29.4.2022 16.01

Statement concerning the draft Government proposal for the act on legal recognition of gender and amendments to related legislation (TAS 98/2022, issued on 1 April 2022)

5.4.2022 17.48

Statement to the Ministry of Finance concerning the reform of the personal identity code system and gender-neutral personal identity codes (TAS 8/2022, issued on 3 March 2022)

9.3.2022 17.30

Statement to the Ministry of Justice concerning the punishability of forcing a person into marriage (criminalisation of forced marriages) (TAS 573/2021, issued on 14 January 2022)

9.3.2022 17.07

Statement of the Ombudsman for Equality to the parliamentary Employment and Equality Committee on the Government of Finland Report on Human Rights Policy (VNS 10/2021 vp) (TAS/79/2022, issued on 18 February 2022)

2.3.2022 15.34

The duty of authorities to promote equality not properly realised when constructing sports facilities (TAS 108/2021, issued on 20 January 2022)

16.2.2022 14.32

Pay gap resulting from a lower salary increase in connection with transfer of business (TAS 19/2021, issued on 26 November, 2021)

26.1.2022 14.38

University user IDs and individuals affirming their gender (TAS 463/2021, issued on 20 January 2022 and TAS 306/2020, issued on 3 September 2020)

20.1.2022 13.41

Statement concerning the programme for reforming legislation and practices related to alternating residence of children (TAS 581/2021, issued on 03 January, 2022)

19.1.2022 12.08

Suspected discrimination in connection with recruitment of assembly workers (TAS 303/2021, issued on 23 November, 2021)

19.1.2022 11.41

Application of the quota requirement in the composition of a school board (TAS 442/2021, issued on 29 November, 2021)

22.12.2021 12.37

Opinion to the Parliamentary Committee on Employment and Equality and the Defence Committee on Women’s Voluntary Military Service (HE 182/2021 vp.) (TAS 560/2021, issued on 15 November, 2021)

19.11.2021 16.16

Application of the quota provision to the Judicial Appointments Board and the Judicial Training Board (TAS 473/2021, issued on 26 October, 2021)

15.11.2021 15.08

Statement to the Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament on the amendment of the Criminal Code of Finland and taking gender into account as grounds for increasing the punishment (HE 7/2021 vp.) (TAS 525/2021, issued on 27 October 2021)

1.11.2021 11.47

Statement for the Parliament's Employment and Equality Committee on the family leave reform (HE 129/2021 vp.) (TAS 509/2021, issued on 14 October 2021)

22.10.2021 15.19

Statement of the Ombudsman for Equality for the Employment and Equality Committee on the Government Proposal to the Parliament on amending the Act on the Ombudsman for Equality (HE 123/2021 vp) (TAS 481/2021, issued on 6 October 2021)

11.10.2021 15.08

Statement to the parliamentary Employment and Equality Committee on the report on internal security (VNS 4/2021 vp) (TAS 437/2021, issued on 16 September 2021)

20.9.2021 17.28

Suspected discrimination in connection with crisis management recruitment (TAS 282/2021, issued on 31 August 2021)

20.9.2021 13.44

Continuation of employment of a fixed-term employee who had graduated from apprenticeship training (TAS 345/2020, issued on 15 July 2021)

6.9.2021 15.12

Opportunity for pregnancy-related examinations during working hours for women only (TAS 315/2021, issued on 24 June 2021)

27.8.2021 15.29

The Finnish motorsports association Suomen Moottoriliitto and women’s motocross competition classes (TAS 136/2021, issued on 7 June 2021)

19.8.2021 15.06

Statement to the Grand Committee of the Finnish Parliament concerning the Government Report on EU policy (VNS 7/2020 vp) (TAS 152/2021, issued on 19 May 2021)

19.8.2021 11.32

Statement on the Government proposal for a Parenthood Act (TAS 180/2021, issued on 6 May 2021)

19.5.2021 16.05

The Finnish Government’s Education Policy Report and gender equality (TAS 248/2021, issued on 6 May 2021)

19.5.2021 15.42

Statement on the family leave reform (TAS 109/2021, issued on 1 April 2021)

22.4.2021 12.19

Application of the quota provision on the composition of the Council for Gender Equality’s municipal elections working group (TAS 118/2021; TAS 123/2021; TAS 159/2021)

20.4.2021 14.57

Statement on reindeer herders’ right to stand-in help, particularly during family leave (TAS 134/2021, issued on 18 March 2021)

6.4.2021 17.19

Inequality between parents in alternating residence arrangements (TAS 40/2021, issued on 15 March 2021)

6.4.2021 16.53

Equation of a woman in voluntary military service with a man in conscript service (TAS 112/2021, issued on 8 March 2021)

6.4.2021 16.05

Lay-off and right to family leave of an employee on family leave (TAS 310/2020, issued on 3 February 2021)

6.4.2021 15.12

Statement on the Government proposal on legislation concerning the establishment of counties and the reform of health, social and rescue services (HE 241/2020 vp) (TAS 126/2021, issued on 10 March 2021)

11.3.2021 15.06

Statement on the Government report on development needs in promoting integration (TAS 72/2021, issued on 9 March 2021)

9.3.2021 13.58

Statement on the Government proposal for amending the Act on the Non-Discrimination Ombudsman (TAS 44/2021, issued on 4 March 2021)

5.3.2021 17.00

Statement regarding the preparation of the Government's Equality Policy Report (TAS 561/2021, issued on 20 January 2021)

8.2.2021 17.17

Statement on the dissolution of a forced marriage by annulment (TAS 478/2020, issued on 1 December 2020)

8.2.2021 14.53

Beauty care services offered solely to women (TAS 37/2020, issued on 27/11/2020)

8.2.2021 14.43

Right of a university of applied sciences language teacher in the technology field to an availability supplement (TAS 183/2020, issued on 15.2.2020)

4.2.2021 16.54

Performance bonus was denied due to parental leave at the time of payment (TAS 108/2020, issued on 26 August 2020)

1.2.2021 14.42

Discounted beauty care services offered solely to women (TAS 388/2020, issued on 17 November 2020)

1.2.2021 14.14

Restaurant drinks offer discriminated on the basis of gender expression (TAS 357/2020, issued on 23 October 2020)

1.2.2021 13.23

Statement on the comprehensive reform of sexual offence legislation (TAS 370/2020, issued on 30 September 2020)

22.12.2020 19.47

Amendment of the right to bring charges for menace from the perspective of gender equality (TAS 226/2020, issued on 10 August 2020)

22.12.2020 19.28

Statement to the Education and Culture Committee on the Government's proposal regarding the Compulsory Education Act (Oppivelvollisuuslaki 1214/2020) (TAS 459/2020, issued on 5 November 2020)

10.12.2020 14.01

Statement on the budget proposal for 2021 (TAS 422/2020, issued on 14 October 2020)

26.10.2020 16.49

Health and social services: Statement on the Government proposal on legislation concerning the establishment of counties and the reform of health, social and rescue services (TAS 257/2020, issued on 25 September 2020)

26.10.2020 16.29

Statement on the assessment memorandum on the need to regulate automated decision-making within public administration in general legislation (TAS 296/2020, issued on 31 August 2020)

26.10.2020 11.38

Statement by the Ombudsman for Equality on preparing the Government of Finland Human Rights Report (TAS 233/2020, issued on 26 June 2020)

22.10.2020 12.36

Recruitment discrimination based on family leave in the position of coordinator (TAS 11/2020, issued on 23 March 2020)

8.10.2020 17.01

Suspected case of recruitment discrimination (TAS 335/2019, issued on 16 April 2020)

8.7.2020 17.15

Suspected discrimination on the basis of pregnancy in recruitment (TAS 338/2019, issued on 6 April 2020)

1.6.2020 18.46

Extended working hours of environmental health inspectors (TAS 27/2019, issued on 27 March 2020)

1.6.2020 18.44

Composition of the city planning working group (TAS 318/2019, issued on 24 March 2020)

1.6.2020 18.42

Gender quotas in student selection (TAS 217/2017, issued on 7 January 2020)

28.5.2020 20.29

Pay differences between recruitment consultants (TAS 293/2018, issued on 26 August 2019)

28.5.2020 20.27

Suspected discrimination on the basis of pregnancy in recruitment (TAS 338/2019, issued on 6 April 2020)

13.5.2020 16.08

Extended working hours of environmental health inspectors (TAS 27/2019, issued on 27 March 2020)

13.5.2020 15.38

Composition of the city planning working group (TAS 318/2019, issued on 24 March 2020)

29.4.2020 14.09

In the view of Ombudsman for Equality, the performance-based lump sum agreed for the municipal sector is discriminatory (TAS 408/2018, issued on 10 March 2020)

28.4.2020 17.46

Government Programme entry on the obligation to prepare gender equality plans in early childhood education and care (TAS 58/2020, issued on 3 March 2020)

28.4.2020 17.38

Statement by the Ombudsman for Equality on the family leave reform (TAS 32/2020, issued on 3 March 2020)

28.4.2020 17.36

Suspected case of pay discrimination (TAS 137/2019, issued on 11 February 2020)

28.4.2020 17.32

Suspected discrimination on the basis of pregnancy in temporary agency work in the construction sector (TAS 158/2019, issued on 9 January 2020)

3.4.2020 18.19

Government Programme entry on the obligation to prepare gender equality plans in early childhood education and care; hearing 2 March 2020 (TAS 58/2020)

12.3.2020 18.50

Pay differences between recruitment consultants (TAS 293/2018 issued on 26 August 2019)

14.2.2020 16.30

Gender quotas in student selection (TAS 217/2017, issued on 7 January 2020)

8.1.2020 14.35

Instructions of the Finnish Patent and Registration Office on maintaining the approval prerequisites of auditors after family leave (TAS 300/2019, issued on 22 November 2019)

31.12.2019 16.00

Suspected case of discrimination regarding the dismissal of an employee after their return from family leave (TAS 238/2019, issued on 8 November 2019)

31.12.2019 15.45

Application of the quota rule in the board of Tampere University (TAS 470/2018, issued on 31 October 2019)

31.12.2019 15.00

Statement to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health on the draft of the Mental Health Strategy (TAS 298/2019, issued on 28 October 2019)

31.12.2019 14.50

Suspected case of discrimination related to a promotion during family leave (TAS 22/2019, issued on 25 September 2019)

31.12.2019 14.30

Statement to the Ministry of Education and Culture on the Government’s proposal draft on amending the Act on Early Childhood Education and Care (540/2018; register no. 16/010/2019) (TAS 222/2019, issued on 19 August 2019)

31.12.2019 14.00

Gender-related information and photos in job applications (TAS 145/2019, issued on 6 June 2019)

31.12.2019 13.50

Statement by the Ombudsman for Equality to the Ministry of Justice on the judicial administration agency report (VN/6598/2018; TAS 118/2019, issued on 22 May 2019)

31.12.2019 13.30

Labour market training that is aimed only towards women (TAS 531/2018, issued on 7 June 2019)

31.12.2019 13.15

Suspected case of discrimination: returning to the same duties after family leave (TAS 509/2018, issued on 7 May 2019)

31.12.2019 13.00

Dismissing a pregnant employee on financial and production-related grounds (TAS 343/2018, issued on 4 April 2019)

31.12.2019 12.15

The match-specific national team compensations paid by the Football Association of Finland (TAS 372/2017, issued on 14 May 2019)

31.12.2019 12.00

The compliance of a ministry-appointed steering group and preparatory working group with the quota rule (TAS 38/2019, issued on 13 March 2019)

31.12.2019 11.45

Suspected case of discrimination in the recruitment of substitutes for the positions of specialised youth worker and youth worker in the City of Y (TAS 418/2018, issued on 29 January 2019)

31.12.2019 11.30