In May 2024, the Finish parliament approved new labour market reforms that will make it easier for employers to terminate work contracts, limit the right to strike, weaken collective bargaining rights and abolish mandated sick pay from the first day of sick leave, among other things.

The law was passed despite extensive strike action by unions against the right-wing government's labour market reforms and proposed cuts to social welfare.

Finland’s biggest labour federation, the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), who called for the strikes, has claimed that "the reforms are taken directly from the lobbying objectives of organisations that represent business interests". Finland's top industry lobby group EK had urged the government to push ahead with reforms and stated that SAK's decision to continue the political strikes shows "complete recklessness".