Work Environment — Nordic Labour Journal

Elisabeth Nørgaard: AFI Director hunting for impactful research

(Nov 17, 2024) “It is not always the freshest data that has the greatest impact in research,” says Elisabeth Nørgaard, Director at the Work Research Institute AFI at OsloMet.

The joys of WFH versus the pressure of always answering emails

(Nov 17, 2024) More than half of Norwegian employees have the opportunity to work from home, any time of day or night. But at what price? AFI researchers are looking at how the increased use of home offices impacts the work-life balance.

Norway doing construction in a more orderly way, but EU temping rules might stop it

(Sep 19, 2024) When Oslo’s new government quarter is constructed, it is done with workers who have regulated wages and working conditions. This is ensured, among other things, by the controversial hiring ban.

Tight Nordic-Baltic cooperation against work-related crime

(Sep 19, 2024) Work-related crime is a growing problem that requires cross-border collaboration between state authorities and countries. For several years, a Nordic-Baltic collaboration on work-related crime has been in place. In January 2025, it will be formalised on the initiative of the Nordic Council of Ministers.

Denmark cracks down on social dumping and money laundering

(Sep 19, 2024) Danish authorities have introduced tighter legislation and lawsuits to stop cooperation between gangs and lawyers in cases of money laundering and social dumping.

Coach to Norwegian ski stars: Burnout not worth it

(Sep 19, 2024) Lage Sofienlund is a successful cross-country skiing coach. While training to be one, he asked himself more than once: “Is being a coach really a career?”

Living his boyhood dream on Faroese football pitches

(Sep 19, 2024) Mikkel Dahl has played against global stars like Ivan Perisic, he has won the championship, the cup final and holds the record for most league goals. He has done it all with a club he never heard about before he was 27: Havnar Bóltfelag in the Faroe Islands.

Pro footballer: Takes more than playing ball

(Sep 19, 2024) Santeri Väänänen (22) from Finland is a professional football player for Norwegian Rosenborg BK. Everyday life is pretty much the same regardless of which country you are playing in, he thinks.

Do we have the right tools to fight for a better work environment?

(May 27, 2024) Events that are near in time always get the most attention. But is that always smart? A study of work-related deaths from Finland’s top work environment experts shows that accidents in the workplace only counted for one per cent of deaths. Yet 57 per cent of state controls are performed to prevent accidents.

Nordics counting the costs of work-related illness

(May 27, 2024) 3,000 Swedes die every year from work-related injuries. Unlike fatalities and accidents in the workplace, the effects of poor working environments are harder to see and measure. For the individual, the lost years amount to an immeasurable loss, but society also stands to lose an estimated 4 per cent of GDP per country a year.