Työntekijällä

Työntekijällä is a Finnish word formed as the adessive case of työntekijä, meaning employee or worker. In Finnish grammar, the adessive case is used to indicate location on or at something and, in existential sentences with the verb olla (to be), to indicate possession or a relationship where the subject possesses or enjoys something. Therefore, työntekijällä commonly means “on/at the employee” in a literal sense but is frequently used to express that the employee has or possesses something, as in “the employee has a day off.”

Formation and related forms: The singular adessive form is työntekijällä; the plural adessive is työntekijöillä. The genitive form työntekijän expresses possession (the employee’s). Adessive usage is common with olla in everyday Finnish, for example to say that someone has rights, equipment, or time: “Työntekijällä on loma” (The employee has vacation), “Työntekijällä on uusi tietokone työpisteessään” (The employee has a new computer at their workstation). Other cases follow standard Finnish declension rules for the noun työntekijä.

Usage notes: Työntekijällä often appears in contexts involving employment, labor law, and workplace communications. It is not a separate grammatical word beyond its case form of työntekijä, but its meaning shifts with context—primarily indicating possession or a spatial/relational state related to the employee.

Examples:

- Työntekijällä on loma. (The employee has vacation.)

- Työntekijällä on uusi tietokone työpisteessään. (The employee has a new computer at their workstation.)

- Työntekijällä on oikeus kahvitaukoon. (The employee has the right to a coffee break.)

- Työntekijällä on mahdollisuus osallistua koulutukseen. (The employee has the possibility to participate in training.)