Johanna Vehkoo, the journalist at the centre of the defamation case brought by Oulu city councillor Junes Lokka, has been found guilty of defaming Lokka and slapped with a 15-day fine. The sentence was handed down Oulu District Court, 12 April.

The trial of journalist Johanna Vehkoo has more than a ring of absurdity about it, revealing that the prosecutor, police, law and for that matter Finnish society in general is unable to get to grips with the problem of hate speech or internet trolls. Vehkoo, who has written extensively about fake news, hate speech andRead More

A few weeks ago the labour dispute involving AV freelance translators was resolved through mediation by the National Conciliator, Vuokko Piekkala. The issues left open by the mediation are of crucial importance to the Finnish jobs market of the 2020s.

Helsinki (05.03.2019 – Heikki Jokinen) The tripartite working group was unable to agree on new rules for unemployed jobseekers. The group was working along the lines of a so called activation model two, the Government proposal on the additional criteria jobseekers must meet to get uncut unemployment benefit.

The collective agreement between the UJF and the public broadcaster, the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle), for the first time sets out how much Yle will pay freelancers for online copy. This is also the first time that a Finnish collective agreement defines the minimum fees for material by freelancers.