--- title: The new Employment Contract Act is inevitable date: 2018-06-18T05:00:31Z modified: 2024-05-30T10:58:55Z permalink: "https://grow.ee/uus-toolepingu-seadus-on-paratamatus/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 5402 featured_image: "https://grow.ee/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Grow-töölepinguseadus-2.jpg" timestamp: 2024-05-30T10:58:55Z tags: - Accounting --- There has been a lot of talk in recent years about the fact that the current Employment Contract Act is outdated. Although the law has been amended several times, the current Employment Contract Act was adopted ten years ago. Considering all the changes that have taken place in the field of employment and the economy over the past decade, it is not surprising that **the law is clearly out of date**.## The new generation expects new solutions The assumptions of young people entering the workforce today regarding employment are completely different from those of their parents. Studies have found that young people who have started or will soon start working in recent years are characterized by the following characteristics:- they better understand **the importance of the internet as a work tool**; - they want to **advance their careers quickly**; - they expect **job tasks to be interesting and varied**; - they want recognition and, in the absence of it, **change jobs frequently**. Much of this is something completely new and it is not surprising that the law adopted a decade ago and the assumptions on which it was based are no longer valid.## What is the new normal to which we must adapt? In 2018, it is no longer self-evident that working hours are from eight to five, that you can have a month of vacation in the summer, and that the most important thing is to sit in the office for "butt hours." Then comes a new normality, characterized, for example, by project-based work, **the disappearance of a specific boundary between work and vacation time**, [working in a place of your own choosing](https://grow.ee/raamatupidamine-kaugtoona-on-haiguste-periordoon-hea-lahendus/), etc. Both employers and the Employment Contracts Act must adapt to this new normality – rigid frameworks must be abandoned and more flexibility should be allowed. Today's job seekers are often not so much specialists in their narrow field, but **people who are ready to try something new and interesting**. Both entrepreneurs and the Employment Contracts Act should allow all this. The Employment Contracts Act itself needs to be supplemented, for example, **in describing new employment relationships**. The younger generation just mentioned expects freer employment relationships (part-time, project-based, [flexible vacation times](https://grow.ee/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/kontoritootajad-peaksid-puhkama-vaid-ilusa-ilmaga.md) etc.), which would ensure the same social guarantees. It is high time to spell out this new normality in detail in the laws.## We help find the best solutions No matter what the laws currently in force are, specialists in their field can still find a solution to every problem. Accounting firm Grow is focused on using innovative solutions and **we are no strangers to thinking outside the box**. If you have special requests that initially seem complicated, [contact us](https://grow.ee/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/page/kontakt.md) and we will find a solution together.