Yle as a companyYle's year 2020

Yle's key figures for personnel in 2020

Key figures for personnel in 2020 (2019 in parentheses)

2,885 permanent employees
at the end of the year (2,847)

48.5 years
average age of permanent employees (49)

3,296 person-years in total in all employment relationships (3,304)

152 new permanent employment relationships began during the year (146)

59% of the new employees were hired to positions directly related to contents (77)

114 permanent employment relationships ended during the year (146), of which 66 were due to retirement (59)

4,264 individual freelancers worked for us during the year (4,319)

78 accidents at work during the year (47)

25,947 days of sick leave (24,359)

8 days/person the number of sick leave days proportioned to the number of personnel (7.5)

6.3 days the average duration of sick leave (5.3)

50% of women in permanent employment positions (50)

The average salary of women 99.3% of the average salary of men in the collective labour agreement area of employees in programme production, which accounts for two thirds of Yle employees (99.9%)

the average salary of women 97.2%
of the average salary of men in the entire Yle (97.7)

98% of the permanent employees are covered by a collective labour agreement (98). The company’s management is not included in the scope of the collective labour agreements.

Remuneration at Yle

Remuneration is conducted in accordance with the remuneration policies approved by Yle’s Board of Directors and the ownership policies of the State.

The starting points for Yle’s remuneration policies are openness, fairness and productivity.
In 2020, a total of EUR 2,615,038 was paid in performance and incentive bonuses at Yle, which accounts for 1.4% of the company’s total for salaries.

In 2020, Yle paid the following performance bonuses for achieving the targets set in 2019:

EUR 229,837 for the Management Group
EUR 1,387,872 for other personnel included in the scorecard system.

Yle paid a total of EUR 997,329 in other incentive bonuses in 2020.