TE services will be transferred to municipalities from the beginning of 2025

Employment management will change throughout Finland from the beginning of 2025, when TE offices will cease to operate and public employment services will be the responsibility of municipalities. As of January 2.1.2025, XNUMX, the employment areas, which consist of one or more municipalities, will be responsible for employment authority work.

There are two employment areas in Päijät-Häme. Asikkala, Hartola, Heinola, Iitti, Kärkölä, Orimattila, Padasjoki and Sysmä are made up of the Päijät-Häme employment area under the leadership of Hollola. Lahti forms its own employment area itself.

With the creation of employment areas, it is possible for municipalities to plan even more effective services specifically for the needs of their own area. Locality brings agility to labor services, and in addition, services become concretely closer to customers.

In the future, you can get the service from your home municipality 

Three regional offices will be built in the Päijät-Häme employment area, which will be established in Hollola, Heinola and Orimattila. In addition to regional offices, experts meet clients in each of the nine municipalities, so employment authority services can be obtained from your home municipality in the future.

Customers do not have to take special measures due to the reform, but we in the Päijät-Häme employment area are responsible for the change and communicate to our customers about our new locations. With the reform, the customer's own expert may change, but otherwise the personal service for job seekers will remain the same.

The reform changes the structures of employment services 

The timetable for the historically unique preparation is nationally tight, but in Päijät-Hämee the preparation of the reform has progressed on the desired schedule. Since the beginning of autumn, the preparations have included, in particular, the interviews of personnel transferring from the state and the practical planning of the future new organization. About 60 people from Häme's TE office, ELY center and KEHA center will move to the Päijät-Häme employment area through the transfer of business.

• Our future personnel is our most important resource. We are excited about the competent and innovative personnel who are moving to us, says Anne Tapaila, employment area manager of the Päijät-Häme employment area.

The restructuring of labor services has a significant impact on the financing of employment services for municipalities. From 2025 onwards, the incentive funding model will increase the share of municipalities in funding unemployment insurance for jobseekers. As employment continues, the municipalities' share of responsibility for financing increases. With the change in funding, municipalities must develop even more effective ways to employ and especially prevent the prolongation of unemployment.

• With the reform, we will have labor authorities to support the resources of the municipalities, with the cooperation of which we can increase the vitality of both the municipalities and the province, Tapaila sums up the benefits of the reform.

Tthe main goal is to promote employment, bring services closer to customers and bring more new ways to solve the labor shortage in companies.

With the change in the law, the operation of Te offices will end at the end of 2024, and the operation of the labor authority will be transferred from the beginning of 2025 to the responsibility of labor services owned by the municipalities. Päijät-Häme consists of two labor authorities: Päijät-Häme and the city of Lahti.

In the future, our municipality's employer and jobseeker services will be provided by Päijät-Häme employment services, which includes Asikkala, Hartola, Heinola, Hollola, Iitti, Kärkölä, Orimattila, Padasjoki and Sysmä.

Why is the change made? And what it means for business

The core goal of the reform is to increase means to support employers' workforce and skills challenges and to bring services more to the local level in municipalities.

The goal of the municipally owned Päijät-Häme employment services is to increase the understanding of the municipality's business field and improve the services offered to employers. The goal is also to facilitate and clarify the business service field towards customers. The local situation is also best known in one's own municipality, and one can react to the necessary needs more flexibly.

In terms of the vitality of the municipality, it is important that there is enough skilled labor available for both current and possible future companies.

Closer cooperation is reflected in more agile services in the business field

The reform enables more seamless cooperation with the municipality's business services, local companies and the municipality's own units acting as an intermediary labor market.

In the future, liaison work with Ladec, a business company owned by all municipalities in Päijät-Häme, and Häme ELY will be intensified. Through close provincial liaison work, more concrete help is achieved for local companies to develop and grow their operations. In the future, business development services are still available from Ladec, and financing-related services from Häme ELY.

Employer services will be detailed during the fall of 2024

In autumn 2024, the operating models of employer services will be further clarified.

So far, it is known that the Päijät-Häme employment services will in the future offer statutory start-up money and wage support services as well as employer counseling services. Regarding other services, we are still looking for common operating models with both Ladec and the municipalities.

In the future, all Employer services in the region will be gathered in one place

In the future, all employer services aimed at companies in the nine municipalities are to be found on the Päijät-Häme employment services website. The pages will be published at the end of 2024, and information about them and other detailed employer services will be provided through the municipalities' business services and Ladec.

Published on 4.6.2024 April XNUMX

The regional director of employment has started his work on the municipal tour 

In April, the recruitment of the regional director of employment was completed and Anne Tapaila was elected to the position. The regional director of employment has started his work on 15.4.2024 April 18.1. The position could be applied for from January 7.2.2024 to February XNUMX, XNUMX, and five applications were received for the position by the deadline.

 Participating in the preparation and interview were: Hollola's municipal manager Päivi Rahkonen, Padasjoki's municipal manager Juha Rehula, Iiti's municipal manager Jarkko Salonen, Hollola municipality's vitality director Heli Randell and Päijät-Häme employment area preparation specialist Susanna Hietala.

 Tapaila has worked in the municipality of Hollola as the head of employment services since 2016. She has a higher university degree from the Lapland University of Applied Sciences, professional teacher training from HaagaHelia, a master's degree in supervision activities from the Häme University of Applied Sciences and an economics degree from the Gothenburg University School of Economics.

 The regional director of employment has started a municipal tour of the municipalities in the region with a special expert, with the aim of having a local discussion and getting the municipalities' goals and wishes to the attention of the employment region. 

Administrative and economic changes are being prepared taking into account the employment area

A new employment board is about to start in the service area of ​​Hollola elinvoima, which guides and supervises the operation of the employment area. The board will be established on September 1.9. from and its members are elected from all contracting municipalities on the basis of a cooperation agreement. The board's presenter is the regional director of employment. 

The competence of the employment board and the director is stipulated in Hollola's administrative rules, which are being updated during the spring. Regarding the employment area, the administrative rule will go through a round of opinions in the municipalities of the employment area in May, and the issue will be discussed at the Hollola council meeting in June. The framework forecast for the economy of the employment area will also be built during the spring.

Website under construction

The project for the Päijät-Häme employment services website complex planned for the Päijät-Häme employment area was launched in April. The purpose is to build a site complex to serve job seekers and employers in the region, and to act as a platform to bring information about the events and services of the labor force side of the region. The goal of the website is to support the local municipalities' own communication channels. 

The site offers better local-level information about jobseeker and employer services, and it will be published to users during the end of autumn. The website is strongly linked to the national työmarkkinatori.fi, where you can find e.g. jobs, workforce training and login-based transaction websites. 

The practices of the municipal experiment are introduced

In terms of preparation, there are e.g. in the personal customer service process working group and in the multidisciplinary working group for young people, the practices developed in the municipalities during the municipal experiment and proven to work have been reviewed and familiarized. The goal is to pick up working and efficient operating methods or their parts for the future employment area. Practices found to be good from the period of the municipal experiment include, e.g. the work of the work ability coordinator and local partnership activities, where the job seeker's challenges are tackled comprehensively. 

The future of cab networks is also being planned. The municipalities themselves are responsible for the operation of the cockpit, and the employment area coordinates and supports the preparation. Until now, Cockpit operations have only been available in Päijät-Hämee in Lahti, but with the reform, Cockpit points will also be created in Heinola, Hollola and Orimattila. In addition, multidisciplinary services for young people are also guaranteed to other municipalities in the employment area. 

The personnel day of employment is held in May 

The next personnel information day of the Päijät-Häme employment area will be held on May 28.5.2024, XNUMX. Invitations to the event will be forwarded to the employment services of the region and to the transferring Te staff. The purpose of the event is to jointly develop the operating methods of the future employment area.

With the reform, the personnel of TE offices will also transfer from the state to the service of the municipalities. More detailed information about the person moving to the employment area will come to the area during June. During the spring, we are also working on a skills mapping, which is to be sent to the transferring personnel in June.  

The work groups of the employment area continue preparations

The activities of the employment area are still being prepared by subject areas in working groups. For possible questions and suggestions, each group has a designated contact person.

 

Working groups in the employment area:   

• Overall coordination of the preparation (contact person Susanna Hietala)
• Finance and administration (together with Susanna Hietala)
• Team (together with Susanna Hietala)
• Acquisitions (together with Heidi Vuorela)
• ICT and knowledge management (together with Susanna Hietala)
• Employer services (together with Simo Söderholm)
• KV service package (together with Susanna Hietala)
• Communication (together with Mari Ylä-Uotila)
• Occupational safety, occupational safety, occupational well-being (together with Susanna Hietala)
• Personal customer service processes (together with Heidi Vuorela)
• Premises (together with Susanna Hietala)
• Young multidisciplinary (together with Heidi Vuorela)
• Multidisciplinary services (together with Heidi Vuorela)

More detailed preparatory hearings for the employment area on the FAQ platform

The information aimed at those working in the employment field of the Päijät-Häme employment area and the transferring personnel can still be followed on the FAQ website (frequently asked questions), which compiles information about the preparation and future aspects of employment relations in the employment area. The website has been updated with new questions and also the blog of employment preparer Heidi. 

You can request access to the FAQ site at: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/Participation/Public/211f4d30-c7d9-41f1-870c-938461836fd1?displayId=Fin2973610 (please note that people working in the TE office can find the FAQ site in Taimi).

From January 1.1.2025, XNUMX, the organization of public employment services will be transferred to the responsibility of the Päijät-Häme employment area in our municipality. We collect current work-in-progress topics and news in newsletters:

The role of the municipalities and the region are under discussion

Currently, the role of the municipalities' own employment services in relation to the role of the employment area is under consideration. According to the current cooperation agreement, the employment area of ​​Päijät-Häme operates as a labor authority, which is responsible for statutory labor services. In the preparatory work, a cooperation model between the employment area and the municipalities is being built, where the municipality, as a local actor, can influence the employment of jobseekers and increase vitality in their own municipality.

The work groups of the employment area continue preparations

The activities of the employment area are now being prepared in groups of different entities. For possible questions and suggestions, each group has a designated contact person.

Working groups in the employment area:   

• Overall coordination of the preparation (contact person Susanna Hietala)
• Finance and administration (together with Susanna Hietala)
• Team (together with Susanna Hietala)
• Acquisitions (together with Heidi Vuorela)
• ICT and knowledge management (together with Susanna Hietala)
• Employer services (together with Simo Söderholm)
• KV service package (together with Susanna Hietala)
• Communication (together with Mari Ylä-Uotila)
• Occupational safety, occupational safety, occupational well-being (together with Susanna Hietala)
• Personal customer service processes (together with Heidi Vuorela)
• Premises (together with Susanna Hietala)
• Young multidisciplinary (together with Heidi Vuorela)
• Welfare area cooperation (together with Heidi Vuorela)

The preparation of the employment area is led by a steering group, the members of which are the municipal leaders of the member municipalities of the employment area. In February, the steering group outlined that the Päijät-Häme employment region, which served as the working name of the region, should also be the official name of the employment region in the future.

Business premises in mapping

Planning is currently underway to place the regional offices in the employment area, and the mapping of the premises is currently underway. Although the main offices of the employment area are planned to be concentrated in a few regional offices, we want to extend the employment services to every municipality in the future.

Staff day for employment operators in May

With the reform, the personnel of TE offices will also transfer from the state to the service of the municipalities.

The personnel moving from the TE office in Päijät-Häme to the employment area in Päijät-Häme will be strengthened during the spring/early summer.

A personnel information day is planned for May in our employment area. The date will be confirmed in the next few weeks and invitations from the event will be sent to the employment services in the area and to the moving Te staff.

More detailed preparatory hearings for the employment area on the FAQ platform

An FAQ site (frequently asked questions) has been built for internal communication support for the personnel working in employment in our area and those who are transferring, which gathers information about the preparation and future aspects of employment in the employment area.

Access to the FAQ site can be requested at: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/Participation/Public/211f4d30-c7d9-41f1-870c-938461836fd1?displayId=Fin2973610 (please note that a separate FAQ section has been built for people working in the TE office in Taimi).

 

Published on 4.3.2024 April XNUMX

The last year of the municipal experiment is about to begin, and during 2024 preparations are being made to move to a new employment area on January 1.1.2025, XNUMX.

The preparation work has been divided by theme into different groups, the result of which are both personal customer and employer customer services. There is good cooperation in many areas with the city of Lahti. A year full of work is coming in many ways.

Published on 1.2.2024 April XNUMX

The TE24 reform is proceeding according to the councils' decisions in Päijät-Hämee

According to the information confirmed by the Ministry of Labor and Economy on November 21, 2023, Päijät-Hämee will have two labor authorities from the beginning of 2025: the city of Lahti and the Päijät-Hämee employment area, which includes Asikkala, Hartola, Heinola, Hollola, Iitti, Kärkölä, Orimattila, Padasjoki and Sysmä. Hollola is responsible for the Päijät-Häme employment area.

The preparatory work continues in good cooperation between the municipalities, the TE office, the ELY center and the Päijät-Häme association. The preparatory work will be expanded to also cover stakeholders.

The duties of the employment manager

In Päijät-Hämee, a two-region model has been prepared for more than a year, and the will of all municipalities is that these two regions are formed, producing local services for customers. The provincial employment program will also guarantee smooth cooperation in the province, with the help of which we will further strengthen the attractiveness of our province.

Published on 24.11.2023 April XNUMX