GOOD WORKING LIFE IS OUR MISSION TEK s Benefits and Services
TEK For Your Benefit Serving you and protecting your interests so you can have the best possible working life. Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK has approximately 70,000 members. We represent academic engineers, architects, physicists, mathematicians, IT specialists and students studying these fields. TEK supports its members in their careers, promotes professional community spirit and competence, and works to build a sustainable welfare society. We want our members to have the best possible careers. In 2017, we are lobbying for the following matters, among others: Encouraging constant learning The world is changing fast. In order to ensure one s value in the labour market and maintain Finland s competitiveness, it is essential that members of the workforce can develop their knowledge with the support of their employer or or by developing their professional competence during unemployment periods. A safety net for entrepreneurs and the self-employed More and more people are now switching between the roles of employee and part-time or full-time entrepreneur. This transition should be easy. Therefore, employee and entrepreneur unemployment benefits must be harmonised. Renewing the Working Hours Act All hours an employee is available to work for an employer regardless of place and time must be calculated as work hours. Employers are responsible for the flexible monitoring of work hours, while employees can take on more responsibility for their own work, its location and scheduling.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE Members of TEK are normally insured through the IAET-KASSA UNEMPLOYMENT FUND. Further information on this insurance can be found at www.iaet.fi, which also provides advice in English. In case of unemployment, your daily benefits from the IAET-kassa will be considerably higher than the basic allowance paid by Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland. Your entitlement to IAET-kassa benefits begins after 26 weeks of fund membership and full-time employment. INFORMATION ON SALARIES Each year, TEK conducts a labour market survey to determine the salary levels and other terms of employment of its members. The survey findings are analysed based on the educational background of members, years of employment, job characteristics and other factors. For further details, visit www.tek.fi/en/salaries. Monthly salary ( ) and age by position (respondents in regular employment) Median salary Median age 10 000 9 000 8 000 7 000 6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000 0 31 3 500 34 3 800 45 45 48 39 41 7 229 4 421 5 240 4 914 5 520 50 9 020 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Clerical employee Professional Senior professional Executive professional Lower middle management Upper middle management Management Top management
DESIGN Your Own Career TEK career services is your partner at various stages in your career. We also have tools and information to help you with your job search and working in Finland. TEKREKRY LINKEDIN GROUP Open positions, networking and career discussions on our LinkedIn group. CAREER COACHING Solution-focused coaching for different stages of your career path. WEBINARS Job-hunting and career-related lectures in the form of web-based seminars. CV CLINIC Tips and instructions from our career coaches on how to write a CV and job application. WORKING IN FINLAND Information on working and living in Finland. For more details and contact information, visit www.tek.fi/en/career-services LEGAL ADVICE AND SUPPORT Free legal advice in employment-related matters is a valuable membership benefit, as a two-hour consultation with a private legal specialist can cost more than 400 euros. If you have to go to court because of unfair treatment at work, the TEK membership fee includes LIABILITY AND LEGAL AID INSURANCE covering legal costs arising from contractual disputes, personal injury, and damage to material and property. To secure maximum compensation, you must seek the assistance of the TEK legal team before launching any legal process or signing any agreement. Contact us at www.tek.fi/en/legal-consulting
SUCCESSFUL WORKING LIFE TEK strives for fair wage development and employment conditions for its members. We want our members to have the opportunity to develop their professional competence and be able to create a successful career. TEK takes a central role in the national collective bargaining process and in negotiating the salaries and terms of employment of professionals. At the international level, TEK is affiliated with European and global organisations. Collective agreements in the private and public sectors At the industry level, agreements are negotiated by trade unions and employers federations. These terms and conditions are called collective agreements. The negotiating parties create rules for these industries so that individual employees do not have to negotiate for the same issues. The collective agreement defines, for example, sick pay, overtime compensation, compensation for travel expenses and holiday bonuses. Shop steward YTN* and JUKO s** shop stewards represent the personnel at the workplace in all employment-related matters and ensure the application of collective agreements in the private and public sectors. The shop steward is your closest support at your workplace. The shop steward can help members in negotiations and disputes. * Federation of Professional and Managerial Staff ** Negotiation Organisation for Public Sector Professionals TEK Membership by Employer TEK Membership by Status at Work Industries 44 % Engineer consulting 13 % Trade and services 26 % University 5 % State 6 % Municipalities 6 % Executive and Managerial 11 % Middle Management 22 % Experts and Consultants 64 % Other 3 %
SERVICES FOR ENTREPRENEURS TEK has a special interest in improving conditions for technology entrepreneurs. The share of business owners among TEK members is rising, and almost one third of our members have considered starting their own business or are interested in entrepreneurship. We offer a wide variety of services for entrepreneurs. TEK ENTREPRENEURS CLUB functions as a connection hub for highly educated technology entrepreneurs. THE ENTREPRENEURS SERVICE PACKAGE and guides offer advice for all stages of your journey as a business owner Work-related LEGAL ADVICE in person and through THE VIRTUAL LAWYER service TRAINING EVENTS and WEBINARS Unemployment benefit guidance and LIABILITY AND LEGAL AID INSURANCE for the self-employed Read more at www.tek.fi/en/entrepreneurs. MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER If you have updated your e-mail address in the TEK s register and chosen to receive service in English, you will receive our monthly e-newsletter in English. Please make sure your contact information is up to date. You can do this at www.tek.fi/en/membership-register. You can also contact TEK membership services by e-mail at member@tek.fi or call +358 9 2291 2291. MAGAZINES As a full member of TEK, you will receive two professional magazines published by Talentum in either printed or digital form. These are available in Finnish only. In addition, all members will receive the TEK magazine and can order the Member s calendar, which is printed in Finnish. Read more about the magazines included in your membership fee at www.tek.fi/en/magazines.
COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH EXPERTISE A meaningful career is achieved through a high level of professional expertise, which benefits both the expert and all of society. We want the quality of technical university education in Finland to be the best in the world and we work to ensure that everyone has good opportunities to develop their expertise at all stages of their career. We help technical universities to develop their teaching and are involved in strengthening the recruitment base of universities by promoting expertise in mathematics and the natural sciences. We want universities to work interactively with the rest of society. The research carried out at universities and research institutes creates new information, which, at its best, leads to the creation of new products and services, along with new jobs and welfare. A COMPETITIVE INNOVATION ENVIRONMENT With technology, Finland can create new, sustainable growth. We participate in improving the efficiency of the Finnish innovation system in order to enable the creation of new welfare and new jobs for technology professionals. We work in cooperation with our partnership network. Important partners include, among others, the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Tekes (the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Sitra, and parties involved in Protomo. We contribute to international climate efforts through the Climate Programme of Finnish engineering organisations. Each year, we present the Finnish Engineering Award as an acknowledgement of a significant innovation. We also grant awards for meritorious doctoral dissertations and theses in the field of technology. Read more at www.tek.fi/en/technology-future
IT PAYS TO BE A MEMBER The membership fee is only 0.5 percent of the median income of TEK members. The TEK membership fee is tax-deductible. Full members of TEK pay an annual membership fee of 378 euros in 2017, which includes membership in the IAET-kassa unemployment fund. Members who join during the year pay 31.50 euros for each whole calendar month remaining in the year. Self-employed members and others not belonging to the IAET-kassa unemployment fund are exempt from the 105 euro subscription fee. Their annual TEK membership fee is 273 euros. Entrepreneurs can join the AYT unemployment fund. See www.ayt.fi/en Discounts are granted under certain circumstances, such as unemployment, parental leave, extended sick leave or sabbatical leave. For further details on membership fees and discounts, please see www.tek.fi/en/discounted-membership-fees, call the TEK membership register at +358 9 2291 2291 or e-mail us at member@tek.fi. WHAT DO YOU GET? Earnings-related unemployment benefit Excellent membership benefits Free legal advice A wide range of career services Strong protection of interests in the labour market Read more about the membership benefits at www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits.
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