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Employers’ Hour: every hour saved by a company injects added value into Estonia

22.05.2025

What can businesses and the state do to improve Estonia's competitiveness, how to solve the deepening labour shortage crisis, and how to increase Estonia's attractiveness to investors, are the topics discussed in the "Employers ‘Hour’ programme by Tiina Käsi, Head of Nordea Estonia, Martti Kuldma, Head of Omniva, and Kristjan Kukk, Member of the Board of Telia Estonia and Council Member of the Employers" Confederation.

The lawyer answers: what will the changes to the Employment Contracts Act mean for employees?

20.05.2025

Amendments to the Employment Contracts Act are being debated in the Riigikogu, with the aim of adapting to the changed needs of the labour market. However, a number of misconceptions and fears have arisen as a result of the amendment. Piia Zimmermann, legal adviser to the Confederation of Employers, answers common questions.

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.

Employers debunk myths and lies about flexible working

07.05.2025

In a letter sent to the Legal Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu, major Estonian business federations support the planned amendments to the Employment Contracts Act to make working time more flexible. The unions also point out that there are a number of lies and myths circulating about the changes.

Employer: foreign workers raise wages for all Estonians

28.04.2025

“Today, we are at a stage where quality immigration would raise the wages of Estonians,” stresses Risto Mäeots, head of Magnetic MRO, an aircraft maintenance company. The company, which provides a high value-added service, would like to grow strongly and employ several dozen people, but there are no employees.

Ain Käpp: Flexibility in labour relations is the best news of the decade

25.04.2025

Making labour law more flexible is the best news in industrial relations in the last 10 years, explains Ain Käpp, a member of the Employers' Confederation council and head of the labour market working group. It will give part-time workers more security and help attract new people to the labour market.

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.

Employers’ hour: things are moving in the right direction with the new government

04.04.2025

With the new government, things are moving in the right direction, says Jaen Uussalu, entrepreneur and member of the board of the Estonian Furniture Industry Association. “Things can only get better from here, and bold and necessary decisions have been made.”

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.

Ain Käpp: changes to the Employment Contracts Act will bring more certainty

24.03.2025

Making labour law more flexible and modernising the recruitment of foreign workers are indispensable steps to help attract new people to the labour market, explains Ain Käpp, head of the Central Confederation of Employers' labour market working group and member of the council, on ERR's opinion pages. In addition, a more flexible law will increase the rights of part-time workers.

Employers support more flexible working arrangements

20.03.2025

The Confederation of Finnish Employers supports the state's plans to make labour law more flexible, as both employers and employees expect and need this.

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