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Corona
Freedom of movement sacrified to protect Finnish population
Apr 15, 2020 Rapid measures and tough restrictions characterised the first Finnish reactions to the corona pandemic. As the only Nordic country it locked down an entire region, which included the capital city, from the rest of Finland.
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Corona
Corona crisis drives up Nordic unemployment
Apr 15, 2020 Unemployment has risen dramatically across the Nordics since the emergence of the coronavirus. The countries have chosen different ways of handling the situation, however, based on different labour market models, measures imposed and the shape of the labour market.
News
Letter to the EU exposes cracks within European Trade Union Confederation
Apr 15, 2020 It is with regret that we need to inform the Commission that the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) reply regarding the consultation on European minimum wages is not representative for us. That is what ten trade union confederations from Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden write in a letter which highlights a historic crack in ETUC.
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Corona
Everyone at the Nordic House works from home
Apr 15, 2020 There were doubts at first at the Nordic House in Copenhagen as the corona epidemic became a reality. Should staff be sent home or not? On the Danish Prime Minister’s orders, all 130 staff have been working from home since 11 March. One of them is Anna Rosenberg, who lives in Malmö.
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Corona
Nordic students in Europe fall victim to physical land borders
Apr 06, 2020 An entire generation Nordic students have grown up in a borderless Europe. Thousands are studying in other European countries. Most went back home in March as old borders started being reinstated because of the coronavirus.
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Hospital wants to double the number of healthcare assistants
Mar 26, 2020 Will hiring more health care assistants make hospitals more efficient? Nurses at St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Norway, welcome the hospital management’s aim to increase the number of healthcare assistants. They are happy to leave certain working tasks to the assistants, but several conditions must be in place before this can happen.
Editorial
Most issues now have a gender dimension
Mar 06, 2020 The 8th of March is being marked in many different ways across the Nordics. What is the most important issue on International Women’s Day? We look at what has happened after women again have managed to gain more positions of political power in Finland, how the fight for equal pay is doing in Sweden and what Denmark is doing to fight sexual harassment in the workplace.
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March 8
Gender equality: Finland improves more than any other Nordic country
Mar 06, 2020 Denmark moves into pole position as the Nordic Labour Journal publishes the 2020 gender equality barometer. But Finland enjoys the biggest increase of women in positions of power. The result is another shared bottom place with Sweden in the comparison between the five Nordic countries.
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Lipsticks or bulls? Finland has changed after women came to power
Mar 06, 2020 There are great expectations linked to the new Finnish government. International media have celebrated Finland, the land of gender equality. Women lead the government and they are also younger than ever. Many also believe the content of politics and its execution change when women are “allowed to participate”.
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Confronting sexual harassment at work in Denmark
Mar 05, 2020 The social partners and authorities are joining forces to confront widespread harassment in Danish workplaces, particularly sexual and gender-related behaviour which new research shows to hit far more women than men – including in politics and the IT sector.
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Norwegian pilot project: get work-ready in the workplace
Mar 04, 2020 Nordic employment authorities usually use one of two approaches when trying to help people far removed from the labour market. The traditional one is to make the job seeker “job ready” before starting work. The other is to train people for the labour market in an actual workplace.
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Record low unemployment in the Faroe Islands – just 296 people
Feb 27, 2020 Nowhere in the Nordics will you find a higher employment rate than in the Faroe Islands right now. It stands at 90%, and unemployment is only 0.9%. What is it like in a society where nearly everyone has a job, and where being unemployed is correspondingly difficult?
In focus
Theme: The lack of assistant nurses
Feb 17, 2020 Across the Nordics there is a lack of hospital staff. NLJ focuses on assistant nurses. How do you increase the occupation's status? By giving it legal protection, as is proposed in Sweden? By transferring tasks from nurses, as is being done in Norway, or by establishing more full-time jobs like in Denmark?
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