{"id":1005,"date":"2019-04-30T15:35:42","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T12:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/?p=538"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:40:44","slug":"company-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/language\/en\/company-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Company law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Legislation guiding the company<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tourist entrepreneur needs to know the laws and regulations applied to his\/her own services or products and adhere to them. Legislation helps solve liability issues and documentation gives evidence to support a claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the table below to find out which of the most important laws your tourism service or product needs to comply with, and which are the most important licenses and notices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/files\/2026\/03\/yrityslainsaadanto_ENG-9.3.2026.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"817\" src=\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/files\/2026\/03\/eng_lait_kuva-9.3.2026.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/files\/2026\/03\/eng_lait_kuva-9.3.2026.png 1080w, https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/files\/2026\/03\/eng_lait_kuva-9.3.2026-980x741.png 980w, https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/files\/2026\/03\/eng_lait_kuva-9.3.2026-480x363.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When you click the image, a PDF file will open, allowing you to view the laws in more detail and access additional information by selecting each law\u2019s link. If you have trouble viewing the table, you can also open it in a new tab from this: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/files\/2026\/03\/yrityslainsaadanto_ENG-9.3.2026.pdf\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Useful Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/safetytools\/laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tourism Safety Tools<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tem.fi\/en\/labour-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Labour legislation<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tyosuojelu.fi\/web\/en\/employment-relationship\/foreign-employee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foreign employee<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finlex.fi\/api\/media\/statute-foreign-language-translation\/688301\/mainPdf\/main.pdf?timestamp=2006-12-21T22%3A00%3A00.000Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Act on the Contractor\u2019s Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tasa-arvo.fi\/en\/the-equality-act-in-a-nutshell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Equality Act<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tasa-arvo.fi\/en\/legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ombudsman for Equality<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finlex.fi\/api\/media\/statute-foreign-language-translation\/688686\/mainPdf\/main.pdf?timestamp=1999-06-10T21%3A00%3A00.000Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Constitution of Finland<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tasa-arvo.fi\/en\/eu-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EU legislation<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tasa-arvo.fi\/en\/international-agreements\">International agreements<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tem.fi\/en\/non-discrimination-and-equality-in-working-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Non-discrimination and equality in working life<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finlex.fi\/api\/media\/statute-foreign-language-translation\/687912\/mainPdf\/main.pdf?timestamp=2014-12-29T22%3A00%3A00.000Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Non-discrimination Act<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tyoelake.fi\/en\/employers-obligations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Finnish Centre for Pensions: Employer&#8217;s Obligations<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tem.fi\/en\/labour-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland: Labour legislation<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tourist entrepreneur must be familiar with the laws and regulations applied to his\/her own services or products and adhere to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<strong>Legislation guiding the company<\/strong>\n\nA tourist entrepreneur needs to know the laws and regulations applied to his\/her own services or products and adhere to them. Legislation helps solve liability issues and documentation gives evidence to support a claim.\n\nSee the table below to find out which of the most important laws your tourism service or product needs to comply with, and which are the most important licenses and notices.\n\nIf you have problems to view the table, you can open it in to a new tab from this link:\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/files\/2018\/10\/yrityslainsaadanto_eng.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/files\/2018\/10\/yrityslainsaadanto_eng.pdf<\/a><\/em>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><\/p>\n<strong>Useful Links:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/safetytools\/laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tourism Safety Tools<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tem.fi\/en\/labour-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Labour legislation<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tyosuojelu.fi\/web\/en\/employment-relationship\/foreign-employee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foreign employee<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finlex.fi\/api\/media\/statute-foreign-language-translation\/688301\/mainPdf\/main.pdf?timestamp=2006-12-21T22%3A00%3A00.000Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Act on the Contractor\u2019s Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tasa-arvo.fi\/en\/the-equality-act-in-a-nutshell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Equality Act<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tasa-arvo.fi\/en\/legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ombudsman for Equality<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finlex.fi\/api\/media\/statute-foreign-language-translation\/688686\/mainPdf\/main.pdf?timestamp=1999-06-10T21%3A00%3A00.000Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Constitution of Finland<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tasa-arvo.fi\/en\/eu-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EU legislation<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tasa-arvo.fi\/en\/international-agreements\">International agreements<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tem.fi\/en\/non-discrimination-and-equality-in-working-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Non-discrimination and equality in working life<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finlex.fi\/api\/media\/statute-foreign-language-translation\/687912\/mainPdf\/main.pdf?timestamp=2014-12-29T22%3A00%3A00.000Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Non-discrimination Act<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tyoelake.fi\/en\/employers-obligations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Finnish Centre for Pensions: Employer's Obligations<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tem.fi\/en\/labour-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland: Labour legislation<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>","_et_gb_content_width":"1080","footnotes":""},"categories":[375345],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-laws-and-regulations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1005"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005\/revisions\/2477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/tourismabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}