The difference from the church led to the end of a 25 -year employment relationship – re -join did not help Leena Anttila
Church|Leena Anttila, who worked as information secretary, ended when she resigned from the church.
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Leena Anttila, who acted as information secretary at the Lohja Parish, ended when she resigned from the church.
Anttila resigned from the Church as protest against the unfair treatment he had experienced, but joined later.
Pastor Juhani Korte considered Anttila had lost his qualification to the office as he resigned.
The case is now in the process of dealing with the Helsinki Administrative Court and stirring debate on the interpretation of the new Church Act.
« There is It is shocking that the church can treat the employee, ”says a former employee of Lohja Parish Leena Anttila.
Anttila worked for the congregation for 25 years, until last fall. Then Anttila was fired by the secretary of the information because he had resigned from the Church in the fall of the year.
The difference was not due to conviction. According to Anttila, he was treated unfairly at the workplace. When new people were hired for communication, they were assigned Anttila’s duties. Anttila felt that he was tried to smoke out.
Anttila still wanted to continue at his workplace. He was surprised when the vicar said that his term of employment would end due to the resignation of the church.
Anttila joined the church. However, it did not prevent kicks.
Old According to the Church Act, confirmation and membership of the Church were required by all church officials.
Following the reform, which entered into force in the summer of 2023, the membership of the Church is only required if the tasks are related to the Church’s spiritual mission or are representative tasks.
According to the current Church Act, the contractual relationship ends without dismissal if the official or employee decides to resign and his or her duties relate to worship life, deacon, education, teaching, pastoral care or representation.
The provisions of the approved church law proposal states that the representation includes, inter alia, the role of the parish financial or real estate manager and spokesman.
Anttila was filmed in the center of Lohja in the courtyard of St. Lawrence Church.
Anttilan In the opinion of the work of the secretary, the work of the information secretary cannot be equated with the spokesman’s duties.
According to Anttila, his job description included, among other things, event communication, web updates and sometimes photography. He did not feel that he had acted in the mission, but in background tasks.
Anttila considers the interpretation of representation too broadly to be against the new Church Act.
After the surprise kicks, Anttila has tried to apply for new jobs. However, job search has been made more difficult by the trauma caused by kicks, says Anttila.
HS has seen documents related to the case. Anttila has complained about termination of the employment relationship with the Helsinki Administrative Court. HS has been confirmed that the matter is pending in the administrative court.
Lohja parish Juhani Korte notes that the matter is now in the right to resolve the right. According to the card, taking the termination of an employment relationship to the Church Council was his duty when « eligibility for the task was found to have ended. »
According to the card, qualifications to the post will end immediately when the church differs. The situation will not change even if the person will later join the Church.
« When you leave, you leave. In the same way, my office would end, » Korte sums up.
Korte notes that the reformed church law has not yet been tested in the Administrative Court. However, he would be surprising if the interpretation changed significantly.
Horsetail says he is looking forward to the decision of the Administrative Court with interest. He considers it very timely a debate on when the church staff should be required to be members of the church.
In the opinion of the Church, the more visible and influential in the church, the more important it is.
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Horsetail refuses to take a stand on Anttila’s claim that Anttila has tried to smoke out during recruitment of the new communications team.
