Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Central Uusimaa Welfare Region has concluded cooperation negotiations, leading to the dismissal of 129 staff. A total of 286 positions are affected. Eight employees are moved to a part-time contract, 29 are moved to new tasks as an alternative to direct dismissal, 56 positions will not be filled after the current employee retires and 64 currently open positions will also be removed.
The cost savings affect the organisation as a whole including registered nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, social counselors, dental hygienists, as well as expert and managerial staff. According to Negotiation Organisation for Public Sector Professionals, the savings will endanger the services that the welfare regions have a legal responsibility to provide.
Central Uusimaa Welfare Region has had a budget deficit for multiple years in a row. The welfare region employs more than 4,300 people.
Welfare regions are a regional government body formed in 2023, responsible for health, rescue, and social services. The austerity policies of the Finnish government have resulted to cost savings in many welfare regions, see also factsheet for Satakunta welfare region - 2025 - FISatakunta welfare region´s cooperation negotiations concluded in April, 2025.
Eurofound (2025), Central Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 202929, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202929.
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