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The Committee notes with interest the detailed information provided by the Government on developments in the law and practice of the system of labour administration, which have been welcomed not only by employers’ organizations but also by the Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), in the comments included in the Government’s report. The latter organization welcomes in particular the fact that the Employment Service has been replaced under Act No. 1295 of 2002 by a system which comprises both labour research centres and manpower service centres and has the capacity, owing to a form of inter-occupational cooperation, to deal with cases of unemployment for certain categories of persons and facilitate their return to work.

The Committee also notes with interest the adoption of Act No. 301/2004, under which the procedure for issuing work permits to foreigners is replaced by the issuing of a residence permit comprising the right to work.