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Finland issues consolidated Incomes Register pay-transparency reporting guide

4 November 2026 Published draft — HE 129/2026 pending Published draft

Finland’s Incomes Register issued a consolidated reporting instruction on 2 November 2026. It formalises detailed electronic filing and payroll-data guidance for the proposed 2027/2030 rollout, while HE 129/2026 remains before Parliament.

What changed

The new instruction, VH/5643/05.00.00/2026, adds a dedicated pay-transparency chapter covering the proposed 100-worker scope, electronic-only filing, six authority-calculated indicators, itemised 200-series pay types, weekly hours, full-/part-time status, part-time percentage, worker groups and the separate employer report. The 4 November parliamentary agenda scheduled HE 129/2026 for first reading, but completion, final passage, enactment and promulgation were not yet verified.

What it means for employers

Covered employers can use the instruction to prepare payroll mappings and filing processes, but should keep a final-law gate: the authority’s guide is proposal-dependent and does not prove that HE 129/2026 has been enacted or that 1 January 2027 is a binding commencement date.

Sources

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