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Europe wants to turn waste into gold

Leading Danish politicians and businesses believe the circular economy is about to become a mega trend in Europe. Now they get backing from a new study which lists the enormous economic benefits which following a better use of resources. A new EU plan is in the works.
debatt
| June 2016

Editorial: New ways of working challenges the social contract

“Do your duty, claim your right” describes the relationship between the individual and society. As more work becomes platform-based and cut into little pieces, the basis for taxes could be depleted, and the social contract broken.
tema
| June 2016

”Trade unions must organise people working though platforms”

The sharing economy represents a challenge to the labour market as we know it. In the face of this development, the Swedish trade union Unionen has just entered an agreement with German IG Metall. The aim is to find tools for how to organise the growing part of the labour force which works through online platforms.
tema
| June 2016

Can the Nordic model survive the sharing economy?

The sharing economy, where customers use the Internet to find providers of different services without using physical middlemen, is also a threat to the Nordic model which builds on collective agreements. Employers and employees are forming non-contract relationships within a growing number of trades. If there is a contract, it mostly states that the partners cannot be considered to be employer or employee.
A labour market without work contracts Infocus
| June 2016

A labour market without work contracts

New ways of organising the labour market through online platforms are shaking up entire trades. can the Nordic model survive the sharing economy?
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Kevin Myers

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Ingrid Forboe

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The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority sharpens its methods

How do you effectively monitor working environments? That was the key question when the Nordic working environment conference in Tampere recently discussed risk-based inspections. Which workplaces should be visited and how do you perform inspections and controls? The labour inspection authority’s role is to make sure businesses follow labour law. The methods are going to change, but how?
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Anna Breman

Mikael Sjöberg: rebuilding trust in the Public Employment Service interview

Mikael Sjöberg: rebuilding trust in the Public Employment Service

Mikael Sjöberg again leads one of Sweden’s most important working life institutions. His challenge is to build trust in the Public Employment Service, which has come in for a lot of criticism.
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