The Government aims to promote the employment of persons with impaired capacity to work and to develop the intermediate labour market. As part of this package, the Government decided to create a new target-oriented intermediate labour market operator business in Finland – Työkanava Ltd. It aims to improve the prospects of persons with impaired capacity to work and others in a vulnerable situation to enter the open labour market by offering them subsidised jobs as well as the training and other support they need for the transition to the open labour market.
Until now, those in the most difficult position have lacked a path from services to work, because they need a significant amount of support while they work. Työkanava will offer a new operating model for this.