Economy - Eesti Tööandjate Keskliit

Estonia’s biggest entrepreneurship competition launches – 30th anniversary year seeks new stars

15.05.2025

From today, 15 May, all businesses can apply for Estonia's biggest entrepreneurship competition “Estonia's Best Companies 2025”. Anyone in Estonia can nominate outstanding companies. The aim of the competition is to recognise high-flying Estonian companies and highlight entrepreneurial spirit. The deadline for applications and nominations is 6 July, and the winners will be announced at an awards gala on 1 November.

The health care bottleneck: burying the future despite more and more money, not daring to make the leap forward

15.05.2025

In the debate on health care financing, we have regrettably not talked much about the fact that health care, or healthy people, is an integral part of Estonia's competitiveness.

Hando Sutter on the changes to the Employment Contracts Act: scaring workers with changes is mean-spirited

14.05.2025

Empowering people in industrial relations is not about scaring and misleading them about change, but about informing them about their rights and opportunities and raising awareness.

OSKA analysts: Estonian labour migration policy needs clear principles

12.05.2025

The debate on the inclusion of foreign labour in the Estonian labour market should shift the focus from the question “should we?”. “on what principles?” bringing workers here. Labour migration policy needs to establish coherent and clear principles, with short- and long-term objectives, write OSKA analysts Silja Lassur, Andres Viia and Yngve Rosenblad.

Raul Aron: cutting pointless red tape can make history

06.05.2025

As previous promises to cut red tape have not been very fruitful and unnecessary bureaucracy has continued to proliferate, it is now possible to make history by controlling it, says Raul Aron, an advisor-analyst at the Confederation of Employers.

Employers’ Hour: without foreign workers, some businesses would not exist

24.04.2025

Although recruiting from abroad is more complicated, time-consuming and expensive than recruiting from Estonia, employers have to do it for different reasons. Risto Mäeots, Head of Magnetic MRO, Erkki Keldo, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Industry, and Ain Käpp, Head of the Labour Market Working Group of the Confederation of Estonian Employers, take part in the programme.

Kati Rostfeldt: The opportunity for Estonian entrepreneurship lies in innovation leadership

23.04.2025

Successful companies are all similar in one way - they make informed choices, invest systematically in developing innovation capacity and constantly create new value, explains Kati Rostfeldt, Innovation Advisor at the Confederation of Finnish Employers.

New Labour Market Group leader Ain Käpp: Labour market issues concern us all

22.04.2025

"My passion is hospitality, a field in which I have been active for 30 years. Working in hotels every day has given me a deep understanding of the importance of the workforce - both finding talent and retaining and developing it," says Ain Käpp, head of the Employers' Confederation's labour market working group and council member.

Employer’s labour battle: entry into force of sustainability reporting requirements delayed

17.04.2025

The European Union this week adopted a 'stop-the-clock' directive that delays the entry into force of sustainability reporting obligations for thousands of companies across Europe. BusinessEurope, including the Employers' Confederation, has been a strong and consistent voice on this issue.

Ain Käpp: myths and reality in the debate on foreign workers

11.04.2025

If foreign workers are necessary for business and society, we need to organise labour migration in such a way that people with the necessary skills and the right cultural background are accepted, explains Ain Käpp, a member of the council of the Estonian Employers' Confederation and head of the labour market working group.

Employers urge government to stop waste reform

08.04.2025

The Confederation of Estonian Employers, which represents the largest employers, today proposed to the government not to go ahead with the planned amendment to the Waste Act. The effects of the reform have not been analysed and instead of bringing the necessary changes in the field, it will lead to a number of problems.

Business meeting: how to build confidence?

07.04.2025

Although the state is investing heavily in increasing defence capabilities, the confidence of Estonian people and businesses is significantly lower than in the neighbouring region. That is why we are organising a business meeting on 24 April for members of the Confederation of Estonian Employers on the topic “How to increase confidence?” to discuss why this is the case and how to change it.

BusinessEurope: customs war is not good for either side

04.04.2025

BusinessEurope, Europe's employers' umbrella organisation, warns that the US decision to impose additional import tariffs on EU products threatens the world's largest economy.

Entrepreneurs: confidence invites economic growth

31.03.2025

Although the last quarter of the year surprised businesses and analysts with economic growth, businesses are cautious about counting out new growth from it. Before that can happen, confidence needs to be restored among businesses and individuals.

Windward flight 2025: no defence without a strong economy

28.03.2025

Neither Europe nor Estonia has the money or the capacity to continue with the current social policies, to deal with defence capacity building and to implement a largely politically driven green turnaround. We have to choose one from here, stressed entrepreneurs at the Employers' Economic Conference "Windward Flight 2025". Without a strong economy, there is no defence.

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