We support fair working conditions!
Recommendations and Guides
On this page, you’ll find the art and culture sector minimum salary recommendations, employment term guides and other work contract related materials published by TAKU and Akava Special Branches.
All recommendations and guides are in effect 1 May 2022–30 April 2024 unless otherwise noted.
Other Recommendations and Guides
The ABC of a Good Internship - a Guide to Internships in Cultural Production
This guide helps both a student and an organization to agree on fair internships. Templates for internship and employment contracts are appended to the guide.
Agreement for art services and workshops:
Guidelines for making an employment contract
Read the employment contract checklist
Guidelines for pricing visual artists' work
Guide created based on a joint survey of paid compensation carried out by of the Artists’ Association of Finland and TAKU.
Support for discussing salaries:
YTN guide: Improve Your Salary
Guides from Akava Special Branches:
Minimum salary recommendations
Employment relations:
YTN Guide: Employment Relationship Guide
