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New OECD report: lessons for Nordics' crisis preparedness  nyhet

New OECD report: lessons for Nordics' crisis preparedness

The OECD has looked at how the Nordic region handled the corona crisis and which lessons might be learned when dealing with new labour market crises. What sets the Nordics apart from other industrial nations was the close cooperation with the social partners.
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Editorial: Bad working conditions under pressure

What do you do if your colleague works twice as long at half the pay that you get? There are trades and individuals who gravely exploit cheap labour, and in times of crisis many will accept a lot in order to get a job. What is being done in the Nordic region to make sure labour market rules are being followed? The fight against social dumping is this month’s theme in the Nordic Labour Journal.
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Emergency rescue plan for Denmark’s long-term unemployed

The debate over Danish unemployment benefit rules carries on despite political action.
The Nordic model: From Reykjavik to Paris nyhet

The Nordic model: From Reykjavik to Paris

“The Nordic countries need to stay on course. They will be an example to other countries, a reference point, particularly when it comes to the harmony between growth and really good social standards,” says Christian Kastrop, newly appointed Director for the Policy Studies Branch at the OECD’s economy department.
Iceland initiates a Nordic welfare watch nyhet

Iceland initiates a Nordic welfare watch

As part as its presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Iceland has initiated a research project to look into the possibilities and interest for creating a Nordic welfare watch. Researchers in the Nordic countries will work together until 2016 to map how economic crisis influence welfare and how it can be made sustainable also during bad times.
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Researchers: Employment has become more important than job content

Working life has been on the agenda during the Swedish general election campaign, and especially unemployment. More jobs are needed. Yet visions for the content of those jobs have not figured politically — an inconsistency highlighted by a group of researchers at a recent meeting in Stockholm.
Jobs top of the agenda at meeting of Nordic prime minsters nyhet

Jobs top of the agenda at meeting of Nordic prime minsters

Removing border obstacles and increasing investments to create jobs are some of the visions shared by the Nordic prime ministers. During the Stockholm session of the Nordic Council, they also expressed a wish to expand the Nordic region as a brand.
Maria Mindhammar takes helm at Sweden's battered PES nyhet

Maria Mindhammar takes helm at Sweden's battered PES

On 5 December Maria Mindhammar was appointed the new Director-General of the Swedish Public Employment Service. It is a job she gladly goes to, while also calling the situation at the Public Employment Service “exceptionally challenging”.
Tuula Haatainen new Finnish Minister of Employment nyhet
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Tuula Haatainen new Finnish Minister of Employment

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.
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Nina Eilenberg Wemrin

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