About us
We believe that successful private sector employers are the key to Estonia’s development and thus to the well-being of its people. We feel responsible for the future of Estonia and for this reason we see ourselves as playing an important role in promoting Estonian life. As an umbrella organisation, the Confederation of Estonian Employers stands for a strong Estonia. We are the voice of employers in Estonia and internationally.
Our mission is to boost Estonia’s economy and thereby help raise the living standards of the Estonian people.
In our work, we focus on:
- lawmakers and rulers to make smart and considered decisions that will boost Estonia’s economic growth and create a better business environment;
- businesses and their representative organisations have the best knowledge to grow and succeed;
- the public at large has a clear and understandable picture of how the economy works and of the important role played in its development by the entrepreneurs who employ people in Estonia.
The Confederation of Estonian Employers is made up of representative organisations from all the main sectors of the economy and most of Estonia’s well-known and much-loved large companies. We are the spokesperson, both directly and through our branches, for more than 2,000 companies that employ more than 250,000 people in Estonia.
As the state’s social partners, we represent the views of businesses and employers in the councils of the Health Insurance Fund, the Unemployment Insurance Fund, the Foundation for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Chamber of Vocational Education and Training, and in negotiations on the national minimum wage. In these partnerships, our aim is to foster an economic environment in which as many labour market decisions as possible are taken by social partners through negotiation and without public intervention. In addition, employers are represented on a number of advisory boards and committees, including the Science and Technology Advisory Council (TAN), the Innovation Policy Committee, professional bodies and others.
Standing up for business
- For a competitive business environment
- For a knowledge-based and open economy
- For a skilled workforce
- The entrepreneur for legal certainty
- For a fair and equitable tax environment
- For less administrative burden
- For flexible working
- Continuous and proactive retraining
- For quality and prestigious vocational education and training
- For a greater share of technical disciplines in education
- For the internationalisation of higher education
- For a better business reputation in Estonia