EAPM
Finland
HENRY- The Finnish Association for Human Resource Management
- Address :
- Mannerheiminaukio 1 E, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
- Phone number :
- +358 9 682 9020
- Fax number :
- +358 9 682 90 226
- Website :
- http://www.henryorg.fi
- Email address :
- henry@henryorg.fi
|
President |
Mr. Kenneth Soderholm |
| Executive Director: |
Ms. Leena Malin |
| Date Association Founded: | 15 November 1990 |
| National Employers' Association: | Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, www.ek.fi |
| National Unions' Association: | Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions, www.sak.fi |
| Government Employment Office: | Ministry of Employment and Economy, www.tem.fi |
| Total Number Of Members: | aprox. 2800 |
| Membership Categories: | Individual members and company members |
| Number of Regional Branches: | 8 |
| Name of Joint Ventures or Subsidiary Companies: | Henrietta Oy Ltd |
| Recognition of other External Qualifications: | HENRY quality standard for long training programmes, Certified Professional Counsellors, Certified Professional Coaches |
| Title of Primary Publication and Frequency of Issue: |
Tyon Tuuli magazine - twice a year
Paid advertising: Website: Language: Finnish, some events and seminars in English |
| Details of Professional Education Schemes: | Several long high class training programmes in cooperation with training institutions and universities |
| Annual National Conference Dates: | HENRY Forum, "Working Life - or Work and Life?", November 6, 2012 in Helsinki |
| Other Activities: | Influence of Organisational Culture on Business, Geert Hofstede seminar, 6 June 2012, Espoo, Finland
For details on the seminar, speakers and the programme:
- Annual Salary Survey |
Economy
- Real GDP growth: 2003: 1,9%
- Inflation rate: 2003: 0,9%
- Trends: Employment rate is declining. The private service sector is undeveloped and presently not capable of creating new jobs. Employment is increasing only in the public sector and in the public services. Ageing population will demand more social and health services which at present organisational and production methods will put upward pressure on taxation. More competition and market mechanisms are needed in the public services.
Politics
- Party in power: Center Party (Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen)Social Democrats
- Changes over the last 12 months: The right wing party was replaced by the Center party. In the previous government the prime minister came from the Social Democrats party and now the prime minister comes from the Center Party :
- Major issues on the agenda: Increase employment, increase service jobs by making working pay, creating entrepreneurship
Labour market
- Employment rate: 2003: 67,3%
- Unemployment rate: 2003: 9,0%
- Jobs growth: 2003: - 7 000 persons
- Rate of pay increases 2003: 3,9% (total)
HR issues
- New employment legislation: Rising the benefits of part-time workers
- New government initiatives: New law of annual holidays, new law of privacy in working life (health control, e-mail using etc)
- Trend to notices:
- Competence management is still the most important focus areaIn the increasingly global world the Finns compete on competences
- Some successes and some failures
- New approaches are in search
- Well-being of employees is "in"
- Big step forward on HR management's agenda (from 8à2)
- Several reasons drive this issue (age structure, pension costs, smaller young generations and availability of young employees)
- Good leadership helps also here
- How to link HR to business is still an issue?
- HR strategies are often not geared to business strategies
- The results of HRM are measured in only 50% of the organisations
- HR staff finds the role of Business Partner difficult
- HR systems could deliver more
- System selection and implementation not adequately linked to support HR strategy
- Competence management is still the most important focus areaIn the increasingly global world the Finns compete on competences
Taxation and social insurance law
- Social security contribution: From 2005, new laws of retirement; lower costs; aims to raise the age of retirement
- Tax rate: 2003: 44,6%