The National Archives’ negotiations on the changes ended at the end of November. As a result of the negotiations, staff will be made redundant and opening hours may be reduced.
The National Archives will lay off twelve employees as a result of the change negotiations. In addition to those being made redundant, eight employees opted for a redundancy clause.
The measures resulting from the change negotiations concerned 29 people in eight different locations. The National Archives has a total of nine offices throughout Finland.
In addition, nine people are moving within the organisation, joining a new employer or have agreed to retire.
Reductions in opening hours and services are being considered
The National Archives is renewing its organizational structure and the change will take effect at the beginning of next year. With that, for example, the opening hours of the Jyväskylä and Mikkeli offices will likely be reduced.
– The number of customers in Mikkeli and Jyväskylä is quite small. The changes would certainly be made even without layoffs, because our services are used more and more digitally, states Happonen.
The decision on the new opening hours will be made on Friday next week. The change in opening hours would be an experiment that would last three months at the start. After that, the decision will be reconsidered.
– Consideration is also being given to whether the number of offices that accept materials from private individuals should be reduced, Happonen says.
At the moment, materials are received at all offices.