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The agreement sees health workers get twice as large wage increases compared to wage-earners in other Finnish sectors. Health workers’ wages rise to more than 3,000 euro a month – a psychologically important goal. People who worked in the sector during the worst of the Corona pandemic in early 2020 get a 600 euro bonus, as long as they are still working by the end of February 2023.

The new agreement can solve the serious labour shortage in Finland, as the healthcare occupation’s standing is rising again, the parties said as the agreement was reached. 

The agreement actually ended up being better than the original demand, according to trade union leaders. Some of the improvements include protected lunch hours, which Finnish doctors already enjoy. 

There will be an end to the ban on employers’ right to recruit, which had hindered health workers' wage development and freedom of movement between different types of employment. Small improvements to rights to holidays are being made, and working conditions and management will be improved in the health and care sector.