Working Hours Act (872/2019)
Working hours, overtime and rest.
Official source →Finland
Every contractor checked before the work starts.
For groups with plants, sites and subcontractors in Finland.
Finland asks the company that orders the work to check its contractors. Teamnet collects those documents, flags each expiry and checks hours for staff and crews alike.
Plant Tampere - 190 peopleHours and overtime checked
CheckedSubcontractors - 6 firmsTax and pension documents current
CheckedSubcontractor - 1 firmInsurance certificate expires in 12 days
Reminder sentThe real problem
The checks fall on the company that orders the work.
Under the Contractor's Obligations Act you check a contractor's registrations, taxes, pensions and terms before the work begins.
Documents per contractorTax, pension, insurance and terms of employment.
ExpiriesCertificates run out mid-contract.
Working hoursOvertime and rest on the Working Hours Act.
Long chainsSubcontractors of subcontractors.
What Teamnet does in Finland
Contractor documents and hours, read every month.
One record for employees, contractors and their crews.
- Contractor documents collected and checked before work starts
- Each expiry flagged before it lapses
- Hours, overtime and rest checked against the Working Hours Act
- Subcontractor chains shown in one view
What changes
Compliance, HR and operations see the same facts.
- Team
- PurchasingEvery contractor's documents in one place.
- Site managersOnly cleared crews at the gate.
- HRHours on one record.
- Group complianceFinnish sites beside every other country.
The law
The laws you answer to in Finland.
Each law named, with its official source.
Contractor's Obligations Act (1233/2006)
Checks the ordering company makes on its contractors.
Official source →If it goes wrong
The penalty clock: client checks on contractors.
What the law does, step by step, if it is missed. Teamnet flags each step before its date, for your own staff and every contractor.
- On inspectionA client who skips contractor checks pays a negligence fee of 2,000 to 20,000 euro. Official source
- Aggravated casesRaised fee of 20,000 to 65,000 euro in the more serious listed cases. Official source
Enforced by Occupational safety and health authority (regional state administrative agency). Sources checked 11 November 2026. Not legal advice.
Standards
The standards your customers and group ask about.
- ILO core labour standards: no forced or child labour, freedom of association, no discrimination
- UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct
- ISO 45001 for occupational health and safety
Teamnet is the tool your compliance, operations and audit teams work in, so nothing is missed. Your auditors and certifiers keep their own role.
Sources last checked: 11 November 2026. Every official source linked on this page was opened on that date. Not legal advice: the law and the authority decide; read the official source and take advice for your own case.
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