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Polish immigrants in Norway – with only one foot in the labour market tema

Polish immigrants in Norway – with only one foot in the labour market

Polish labour immigrants travelled to Norway rather than to Sweden or Denmark, which were closer, when Poland joined the EU in 2004. Most did not intend to stay, but after some years their families joined them in Norway. Because of short work contracts, the immigrants are in a kind of limbo. They have a job, but little prospect of promotion.
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Politicians

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| Nov 2018

Politics could pose a threat to Denmark's unique labour market model

The government and parliament could undermine the flexicurity model by shaving too much off unemployed Danes’ benefits, warns Danish professor.
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Politiken

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Population graph Faroes

Source: Hagstova Færøya
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Population graph Faroes

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Populist parties

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Populists govern in opposition

Support for Finland’s populist True Finns Party has grown after the spring parliamentary elections. It means the new government is forced to take into account the factors behind the party’s growth, and first and foremost their demand for more expansive social policies to support the weakest in society.
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Portable working hours

One in three Norwegian workers are contacted by work in their spare time once every week or more. Do we slave away until we drop because we have email on our smartphones, our home office comes with us on holiday and you and your job compete to have more friends on Facebook and Twitter? When the time for restitution ends up in a grey zone between work and leisure time, what does that do to us?
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Portlet

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