Publications

Publications - Yleistä

The occupational safety and health administration publishes guides, monitoring reports, releases for workplaces and annual reports. This page contains publications translated into English in alphabetical order.

From 2017 onwards, new guides and reports have been published as electronic publications. A lighter pdf version is also available and it can be printed in A4 size, if needed.

	Methodology manual for the psychosocial workload factors survey (2019) Pdf file. Available also in Finnish and Swedish
	Act on the Contractor’s Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out E-publication \| Pdf file (2017, updated 2019) Contractor’s obligations and liability when work is contracted out. Available also in five different languages: - Finnish: E-publication \| Pdf file (2017, updated 2019) - Swedish: E-publication \| Pdf file (2017, updated 2019) - Estonian: E-publication \| Pdf file (2017, updated 2019) - Russian: E-publication \| Pdf file (2017, updated 2019) - Polish: E-publication \| Pdf file (2017, updated 2019)
	A method for evaluating the load of patient transfers Pdf file (2009, updated 2018) \| Form Available also in Finnish
	Annual Report of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Finland 2018 Available as e-publication and pdf-file. Available also in Finnish and Swedish
	Annual Report of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Finland 2017 Annual Report 2017 is available as e-publication and pdf-file (2,54 Mb).
	Annual Report of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Finland 2016 Annual Report 2016 is available as e-publication and pdf-file (1,83 Mb).
	As a foreign employee in Finland Pdf file (2016) Available also in five different languages: - Finnish - Swedish - Estonian - Russian - Romanian - Chinese - Kurdish - Hindi
	Information about sending posted workers to Finland Pdf file (2018) Available also in - Finnish - Estonian - Latvian - Lithuanian - German
	Information package for small enterprises Pdf file (2014) The Information package for small enterprises is a popular practical manual for small businesses, updated at regular intervals. It is a concise collection of important information on employment relationships, workplace environments and working conditions. This so-called Possu publication includes specimens of an employment contract, an annual holiday payroll calculation, a notification of termination of employment and a certificate of employment.
	Psychosocial workload E-publication \| Pdf-file (2017) Also available in Finnish and Swedish.

Cover of Methodology manual for the psychosocial workload factors survey

Methodology manual for the psychosocial workload factors survey (2019)

Pdf file.

Available also in Finnish and Swedish

Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability -publication

Act on the Contractor’s Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out

E-publication | Pdf file (2017, updated 2019)

Contractor’s obligations and liability when work is contracted out. Available also in
five different languages:
- Finnish: E-publication | Pdf file (2017, updated 2019)
- Swedish: E-publication | Pdf file (2017, updated 2019)
- Estonian: E-publication | Pdf file (2017, updated 2019)
- Russian: E-publication | Pdf file (2017, updated 2019)
- Polish: E-publication | Pdf file (2017, updated 2019)

A method for evaluating the load of patient transfers

Pdf file (2009, updated 2018) | Form

Available also in Finnish

Annual Report 2018 cover

Annual Report of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Finland 2018

Available as e-publication and pdf-file.

Available also in Finnish and Swedish

Annual Report of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Finland 2017

Annual Report 2017 is available as e-publication and pdf-file (2,54 Mb).

Annual Report of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Finland 2016

Annual Report 2016 is available as e-publication and pdf-file (1,83 Mb).

Cover of As a foreign employee in Finland

As a foreign employee in Finland

Pdf file (2016)

Available also in five different languages:
- Finnish
- Swedish
- Estonian
- Russian
- Romanian
- Chinese
- Kurdish
- Hindi

Cover of Information about sending posted workers to Finland.

Information about sending posted workers to Finland

Pdf file (2018)

Available also in

- Finnish
- Estonian
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- German

Information package for small enterprises

Pdf file (2014)

The Information package for small enterprises is a popular practical manual for small businesses, updated at regular intervals. It is a concise collection of important information on employment relationships, workplace environments and working conditions. This so-called Possu publication includes specimens of an employment contract, an annual holiday payroll calculation, a notification of termination of employment and a certificate of employment.