Commerce sector collective agreement

The collective agreement for commerce employees sets the minimum terms of employment for work in the commerce sector. For example, in the agreement retail and warehouse workers can find details of what pay, working hours and sick pay they should be paid. The terms are minimum terms.

The agreement applies in companies operating in

• retail trade
• wholesale trade
• commerce logistics
• wholesale on a fee or contract basis
• kiosk trade
• motorway traffic and service station activities
• commerce service and support activities
• machine rental.

The commerce collective agreement covers around 200,000 employees.

Negotiating parties: Service Union United PAM and the employer’s representative Finnish Commerce Federation

Annexes

• Annex to commerce sector collective agreement – contracts and recommendations (in Finnish)
• Guideline for pay increases as of 1 June 2023 (in Finnish)
• Guideline for pay during family leave as of 1 June 2023 (in Finnish)

See also

• Collective agreement for supervisors in retail trade (in Finnish)