The workers, all recruited from abroad, were dismissed by the wellbeing services county due to an apparent lack of professional and language skills.Some of the workers told Yle in an interview that the decision to dismiss them was discriminatory. Image: Toni Pitkänen / YleYle News8:46An agreement has been reached between the wellbeing services county of North Savo and 10 out of a group of 12 foreign healthcare workers who were dismissed last year during their probationary periods.The county made the decision to dismiss the workers because, in the view of the welfare authority, their professional and language skills were not up to the expected standard. All 12 workers had been recruited from abroad.Some of the workers however later told Yle in an interview that they were fired because of discrimination, and not because of a lack of professional or language skills. They subsequently decided to take the North Savo healthcare authority to court.No compensation paidIn a statement released on Tuesday, the county said that an agreement had been reached with 10 of the 12 plaintiffs in the case, while the proceedings for two others are set to continue.The statement noted that the ten had withdrawn their lawsuits and all their demands against the county.In addition, the statement added, no compensation was paid to the plaintiffs."The wellbeing services county has not promised to pay, and will not pay any compensation to these individuals," county lawyer Sini Tossavainen confirmed.Jouni Lehtimäki, representing the workers, said that both parties were satisfied with the outcome."The matter continues for two nurses, but I no longer represent them," he said.The workers had demanded that the wellbeing services pay each of them a sum equivalent to three months' salary, approximately 8,400 euros when late payment interest was taken into account. In addition, they each asked for compensation of 1,000 euros from the county in accordance with the Non-Discrimination Act.Yle understands that some of the workers have returned to their home countries while others remain in Finland.They had been hired as part of an international recruitment project, with the North Savo healthcare authority later accusing the recruitment agency of failing to carry out sufficiently thorough checks into the workers' skill and language levels.