Helsingin Sanomat follows up on Finland's family leave reform, following news at the end of last year suggesting that 90 percent of fathers want to transfer as many parental leave days to mothers as possible.
Financial and career considerations are the main reason dads are not using their leave quota, according to HS.
"Studies, however, show that when you give dads more time off, they’ll eventually start using it. I believe that the reforms will in the long run increase the parental leave used by fathers," Petteri Eerola, a family science researcher, told HS.
The law that came into force last year allows parents to choose who takes leave, with a quota of 160 parental leave days allocated to each parent. Of this amount, 63 days can be transferred to the other parent or caregiver.
Oil and water
Swedish People's Party chair Anna-Maja Henriksson told Maaseudun tulevaisuus that it was unlikely that her party would join a governing coalition with the Finns Party, echoing a similar position voiced by Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP).
The SPP and Finns Party have very different views on labour-based migration, climate policy, the EU and the position of the Swedish language in Finland, Henriksson told the agricultural paper.
Both the SDP and the National Coalition Party (NCP) have said they are willing to join the same government if the other party claims a victory in this April's election. The NCP has, however, not ruled out cooperation with the nationalist Finns Party.
Money on the table
Some four million people in Finland have received notifications about redeeming their S-Group cash bonuses, reports business daily Talouselämä in its most-read story on Monday.
Dormant bonus money totals some 470 million euros, according to TE.
"Many swipe their green cards regularly at checkouts, but then forget to use the bonus money," TE quotes the S-Group saying.
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