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Iceland: Trust in politicians almost regained tema
| TRUST

Iceland: Trust in politicians almost regained

On September 25 the Icelandic voters will elect a new parliament. Majority governments used to be the rule, but with more parties and four years with Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the rulebook has changed.
Iceland: Work is better than therapy for vulnerable youth  tema

Iceland: Work is better than therapy for vulnerable youth

“It pays to invest in people, and we must never give up on our young people,” says Vigdís Jónsdóttir, the CEO of the job rehabilitation centre VIRK in Iceland. Last year, VIRK was one of the signatories to a memorandum of understanding involving a large increase in support for young people in vulnerable situations.
Icelandic companies want to introduce equal pay standard ahead of time nyhet
| Gender equality Iceland

Icelandic companies want to introduce equal pay standard ahead of time

Icelandic companies are hard at work preparing to meet demands introduced in equal pay legislation presented at the start of the year. Several of them want to adapt the equal pay standard before the deadline. But the amount of work is greater than expected, and the first ones out must start from scratch.
Icelandic continuing education: “Employees became more interested in their jobs" nyhet

Icelandic continuing education: “Employees became more interested in their jobs"

One in three adult Icelanders had no more than an elementary school education in the year 2000, and got no continuing education through their work. Since then, the social partners have developed a learning centre for further training of people with lower education levels. This has helped reduce the share of lower educated. It used to be 33 percent, now it is 25 percent of the low-educated workforce.
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Icelandic family

 
Icelandic fisheries risk zero capelin catch for the second year in a row nyhet

Icelandic fisheries risk zero capelin catch for the second year in a row

Capelin has been one of the most valuable species for the Icelandic fisheries industry and general economy this past decade. Its importance has varied, but throughout this century capelin products have accounted for 17 per cent of fisheries exports and 8 per cent of the market value, making it an important part of the industry.
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Icelandic geothermal power plant

Icelandic geothermal power plant
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Icelandic Pledge

Ignorance of nano particles a growing risk in the workplace tema

Ignorance of nano particles a growing risk in the workplace

More and more people are exposed to nano particles at work, but few know which types of particles are present or how to handle them. The Nordic Labour Journal visited a Finnish company where safety is everything.
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Ihalainen front page

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