The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Public Administration And Defence Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security Administration Of The State And The Economic And Social Policy Of The Community 84.11 - General Public Administration Activities
170 - 200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
3 September 2024
Employment effect (start)
24 October 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
The Finnish Tax Administration is planning to dismiss 200 employees following a collective consultation process, which comprised 900 civil servants working in tax and administrative functions. The estimate of the number of people to be dismissed remains the same as before the negotiations. The Tax Administration states that 30 people at risk of redundancy could be redeployed if they accept employment at a different location. Other possible solutions to avoid redundancies will become clear in the individual discussions that will take place during the rest of the year 2024.
The redundancies concern positions where work has been permanently reduced due to automation, re-scaling of planned customer service targets, modification of tasks, and reorganisation of tasks or organisation.
The dismissals follow government budget cuts to state functions. The Tax Administration says it will have to adjust its operations by at least €60 million by the end of 2027. In addition to reorganising its operations, the tax administration says it will cut IT costs, spending on premises, travel expenses, and staff benefits.
The Finnish Tax Agency had approximately 5,300 employees in 2023.
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The retail banking sector is fertile ground for studying the impacts of digitalisation on work and employment. Financial services are increasingly provided online, without the intermediary of customer-facing institutions.
European labour markets have recovered strongly from COVID-19. By the end of 2021, little more than 18 months after the start of the pandemic, employment rates in the EU were almost at pre-crisis levels.
