Social Enterprises in Finland

• At least 30 % of the personnel must be either persons with disabilities or a mix of those and long-term unemployed persons.
• The employees have an employment contract with the social enterprise, and the social enterprise pays its employees at least the salary fixed in the collective agreement.
• At least 50 per cent of the revenue come from business.
• The company forms and lines of action of a social enterprise can be freely chosen.
• The working hours are at least 50 (pwd) or 85 (unempl) % from full-time.
• Social enterprises operate in the open market.
• A social enterprise is entered in the register of social enterprises maintained by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy.
• Is run according to the Act on Social Enterprises (1.1.2004, amedments to the law came into force 1.5.2007).