What is the campaign about?

The Forerunners campaign encourages employers to develop family-friendly policies and their employer image. 

Family-friendly values are modern management. We want to develop equality in the Finnish working life, and to promote the best family-friendly employers and their practices. Equality and employer image are made in deeds. It is time for a change. 

More information about the campaign: +358 295 666 837 or tasa-arvo@oikeus.fi

How do family-friendly values materialise?

Family-friendly values manifest themselves in the best workplaces as strategic choices and a value, as well as diverse practices and concrete solutions. Forerunning employers understand that family-friendly values engage employees, add prosperity and thus benefit the entire organization.

Good family-friendly practices:

• Good and lawful recruitment practices in which family situation does not affect the selection of employees 
• Employees are encouraged to exercise their right to family leave
• Practices of family leave are known to all employees  
• Discussions between the supervisor and the employee leaving for family leave
• Communication during the family leave according to the wishes of the employee on family leave 
• Return discussions and induction, when an employee comes back from parental leave
• Family-friendly values as part of progress reviews
• The development of flexibility concerning family situations, and informing about it 
• Management as an example: also management uses family leave when relevant
• Training management and supervisors on the legislation of family leave 
• Goal-oriented equality planning which takes into consideration family-friendly values and practices associated with family leave as part of the organisation's activities, development and management