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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.

Terms and conditions of the “Best Practice 2025” competition

21.05.2025

I Terms and conditions of the competition 1. This Statute establishes the procedure for selecting and recognising the best traineeship... Loe edasi › Terms and conditions of the “Best Practice 2025” competition

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.

“Best Leader 2025” is Neeme Tammis

16.05.2025

The “Best Leader 2025” title was awarded to Neeme Tammis, Chairman of the Board of Hansa Group. In addition to his many years of experience as an entrepreneur, investor and advocate in his own field, he is a recognised supporter of culture and sport, contributes to the development of leaders and helps Ukraine.

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.

“Sirli Männiksaar, “Best Leader 2025” finalist: you have to be ignorant to do great things

15.05.2025

Sirli Männiksaar, who has grown through the organisation to become the CEO of Ericsson Estonia, one of Estonia's leading exporters, says that to do great things, a leader must be ignorant in a good way and not get stuck in what has been done or the limits of what is available.

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.

“Best Driver 2025” finalist Aaro Lode’s former driver subjected him to human testing

14.05.2025

Grown from a chef to a top manager, Baltic Restaurants Estonia's manager and finalist in the Best Manager competition, Aaro Lode, was such a role model when working as a chef that the chef used him as a human test to test the boundaries. They were happy with each other, but Lode has had his fair share of bad and instructive managers.

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.

Continuation of the Development Advisor (Confederation of Estonian Employers)

09.05.2025

Activities of the Estonian Employers “Confederation implemented within the framework of the project "Continuation of the Development Advisor in the Estonian Employers” Confederation 2025-2027. Project number: 2021-2027.1.01.23-0135

Employers’ 12 proposals to cut unnecessary red tape reach government table

08.05.2025

The Confederation of Estonian Employers has collected nearly 170 suggestions on how to reduce the administrative burden and bureaucracy that hampers business. The 12 proposals with the broadest impact and quickest implementation are now in the Government's Economic Cabinet and could be approved as early as this spring.

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.

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.

“Best Driver 2025” finalist Neeme Tammis: burnout forced him to make a life plan

30.04.2025

Neeme Tammis, the head of the Hansa Group, a decades-long entrepreneur and finalist in the Best CEO competition, has repeatedly burnt himself out in the pursuit of ambition. The last of these made him think more deeply about the life he has left and make a plan.

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