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Hadia Tajik, a trade union-supporting labour minister Portrait
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Hadia Tajik, a trade union-supporting labour minister

Nov 16, 2021 Hadia Tajik, Norway's new Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, is a strong defender of trade unions. She will be responsible for what the red-green coalition government calls a spring clean of the labour market.
Tuula Haatainen new Finnish Minister of Employment News
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Tuula Haatainen new Finnish Minister of Employment

Dec 16, 2019 Experienced Haatainen (59) joins a government which features numerous young female minister. So what experience do Finnish politicians have from real working life? The question arose with Finland’s sudden change of government in mid-December.
Eva Nordmark's task: to liberalise Sweden’s employment act and reform the employment service Portrait
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Eva Nordmark's task: to liberalise Sweden’s employment act and reform the employment service

Oct 18, 2019 When former TCO President Eva Nordmark accepted to replace Ylva Johansson as Sweden’s Minister for Employment, she also accepted to follow up on proposals she had been critical of in the past, like the liberalisation of the employment act.
Peter Hummelgaard: aims to secure early retirement for tired workers Portrait
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Peter Hummelgaard: aims to secure early retirement for tired workers

Sep 12, 2019 The Danish labour market is facing major changes if Minister for Employment Peter Hummelgaard manages to get support for his plans. He wants to fight for fairer conditions for people with lower levels of education and for those in low-paid jobs.
Ásmundur Einar Daðason: Time to overhaul the social safety net Portrait
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Ásmundur Einar Daðason: Time to overhaul the social safety net

Feb 08, 2018 Iceland’s Minister of Social Affairs and Equality Ásmundur Einar Daðason is also responsible for labour market issues. He met the labour market parties already the first week after becoming a government minister. Right now two issues are extremely important, he believes: To maintain the good relations with the labour market parties and strengthening the trust between the ministry, the government and the parties.
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