Statements

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

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

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 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

Termination of a fixed-term contract during parental leave (TAS 268/2018, issued on 14 January 2019)

31.12.2019 11.15

Suspected case of pay discrimination in a private company (TAS 300/2018, issued on 11 January 2019)

31.12.2019 11.00

The statement of the Ombudsman for Equality to the Employment and Equality Committee of the Parliament of Finland (TAS 9/2019; TyV K 22-2018 vp, issued on 8 January 2019)

1.4.2019 20.38

Suspected pay discrimination in the case of equal work duties (TAS 102/2018, issued on 10 December 2018)

1.4.2019 20.34

Dismissal of an employee after return from family leave (TAS 223/2018, issued on 25 October 2018)

1.4.2019 20.22

Quota rule and transgender people (TAS 331/18, issued on 15 August 2018)

1.4.2019 20.20

An employee's lay-off, pregnancy and use of parental leave (TAS 101/2018, issued on 26 July 2018)

1.4.2019 20.16

Focusing especially on women during recruitment (TAS 474/2018, issued 3 December 2018)

30.12.2018 15.26

Statement by the Ombudsman for Equality on the memorandum concerning the need for regulations concerning child marriages (TAS 291/2018, issued on 6 September 2018)

31.10.2018 15.23

The new waiting period for the labour market subsidy after family leave (TAS 438/2017, issued on 14 June 2018)

30.8.2018 16.13

SuperShe Island’s women-only well-being and accommodation services do not violate the Equality Act (TAS 75/2018, issued on 4 June 2018)

9.8.2018 16.09

Suspected discrimination: fixed-term employment relationship not continued due to pregnancy (TAS 215/2017; issued on 26 March 2018)

31.3.2018 16.06

Statement on the government proposal for the Act on First Names and Surnames (TAS 279/2017, issued on 5 October 2017)

11.12.2017 18.48

A woman can also be a barber's client (TAS 259/2016, issued on 14 September 2017)

11.12.2017 18.43

Suspected case of discrimination after a male employee returned from family leave (TAS 352/2016 issued on 4 April 2017)

8.5.2017 15.08

Suspected discrimination in the payment of social assistance (TAS 302/2016, issued on 12 January 2017)

20.2.2017 18.39

Statement on the government proposal for the comprehensive Alcohol Act reform (TAS 364/2016, issued on 11 January 2017)

20.2.2017 18.22

Fixed-term employment was no longer offered to a nurse after she announced her intention to take child-care leave (TAS 274/2015, issued on 3 May 2016)

20.1.2017 13.48

Statement by the Ombudsman for Equality on the government proposal draft on the regional government reform and the reform on the organisation and provision of healthcare and social welfare services (TAS 353/2016; issued 4 November 2016)

19.12.2016 15.51

Applying the quota provision in the composition of the municipal strategy working group (TAS 288/2016; issued on 14 November 2016)

19.12.2016 15.48

Circumcision of boys (TAS 143/2016, issued on 23 August 2016)

19.9.2016 16.32

Fixed-term employment contract of an employee on family leave was not renewed as she was not actually available for the task (TAS 93/2016, issued on 2 June 2016)

22.8.2016 16.01

A fixed-term appointment to office of an employee on family leave was not renewed as her substitute was considered to have better capabilities for performing the task (TAS 89/2016, issued on 3 May 2016)

22.8.2016 15.57

Act on Job Alternation Leave (1305/2002) recovery of the job alternation allowance (TAS 152/2015, issued on 29 December 2015)

27.4.2016 14.03

Ombudsman for Equality statement on the need for legislative amendment of amendments made to the Marriage Act (TAS 321/2015, issued on 2 December 2015)

27.4.2016 14.01