The situation of the collective agreement negotiations in the consulting sector: The negotiating team arrived on 11.12. to an agreement on text changes to the new collective agreement. We will not communicate the details of the text changes yet, because they will be dealt with by the unions’ administrations only together with the salary solution. The Conciliation Board announced on 16 December that the positions of the parties regarding the salary solution are so far apart that there are no conditions for issuing a conciliation proposal at this stage. The Conciliation Board proposed that the parties continue mutual negotiations. We have agreed that the negotiations will continue on January 7, 2025. (Updated 19.12.2024)
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Senior salaried employees in the consulting sector work as experts and designers in the industry and construction sectors and the development of the infrastructure of the society.
The collective agreement for senior salaried employees in the consulting sector 22.2.2023 – 30.11.2024 can be found here:
- The collective agreement in English
- The collective agreement in Finnish
- The collective agreement in Swedish
The contracting parties are the Federation of Professional and Managerial Staff YTN and Technology Industry Employers of Finland representing employers.
Here you can find the old Collective agreement.
>> Contact information for consulting sector.
YTN’s goal is a good and fair work life
- Away from underpayment. The salaries in the consulting sector lag behind the level of the other industrial sectors. We will try to get as big salary increases as possible for everyone in the collective agreement negotiations. It requires a good degree of readiness for industrial actions in the consulting sector.
- Also the personal salary development must be fast enough, so that the skilled employees will not move to other sectors. YTN unions invest in ensuring that the members receive the best possible support for personal salary development.
- No one should do or need to do work that exceeds the maximum limits of the flexible working time. Everyone should have time to recover in their free time.
- All work-related time must be compensated, such as traveling on business during free time.
- Local agreeing must be fair. When negotiating contracts, the shop steward must be given the same information about the matter as the employer has, so that the negotiation can be genuine.
Senior salaried employee in the consulting sector
Approximately 26 000 senior salaried employees work in the consulting sector.