An employee has successfully sued Finland’s largest employer over pay discrimination.
Women in Finland earn on average about 16 percent less than men, and unions have long called for pay transparency to address the gender pay gap.
Ilta Sanomat covers how a female Helsinki rescue worker successfully sued Finland’s largest employer for pay discrimination.
The women’s problems began after they were promoted and received raises within the organization. However, her new boss decided that her salary was too high and cut her salary.
“I was told that women don’t have the right to make decisions in rescue operations and that I shouldn’t be involved as a woman. I stepped into a man’s domain and they didn’t like it,” she said. told IS.
The Helsinki District Court ordered the city to pay 15,000 euros in compensation for underpayment and discrimination over the past three years, in addition to legal costs. This amount is influenced by the fact that the City of Helsinki is the main public entity.
Approximately 10% of emergency services workers are women, and gender-based pay discrimination is recognized as an issue in the field. Mila Leinonen She runs a network for women in this field.
show of strength
Hufvudstadsbladet explores the ultimate goal of a major NATO exercise featuring a scenario in which Russia attacks Finland, thereby triggering the alliance’s mutual defense clause.
NATO is heavily dependent on the US, which worries European countries donald trumpThreatening to leave the military alliance.
This spring’s “Steadfast Defender” exercise is a show of strength and deterrence.
“In some cases, the ability to mount a strong initial effort may be sufficient to thwart an attack.” Eoin Michael McNamara of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA). “If that is not enough, these countries can request NATO assistance.”
Karl Johan Edström Swedish Armed Forces officials agreed with McNamara, saying the wargames would “demonstrate the Alliance’s determination and ability to realize and implement deterrence and defense concepts across the Euro-Atlantic region.”
wolf, bear, lynx
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry sari essay Helsingin Sanomat reported that it was lobbying in Brussels on Monday to reduce the protection status of large predators.
Finland’s member state initiative to reconsider the protection of large predators has attracted the support of several member states, according to the Essaya newspaper.
Esaya, who is also a presidential candidate for the Christian Democratic Party, said Finland wants to reevaluate its protection of not only wolves, but also bears and lynx.
Since Finland joined the EU, the country’s bear population has doubled and the lynx population has almost tripled, according to Esseya magazine.
Conservationists won a court order late last year suspending many lynx hunting licenses. Some conservation groups argue that lynx populations should not be reduced at all.
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