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| Oct 2015

Why are working life researchers so reluctant to talk about the future?

Oct 23, 2015 This summer Ann Bergman really managed to ignite the debate on working life research. In an article in the Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies she asked why working life researchers are so uninterested in the future.
Do we have a true image of the new working life? tema
| Oct 2015

Do we have a true image of the new working life?

Oct 23, 2015 For many years there has been talk about the new working life, where work is more about doing something meaningful than about making money. But are we really seeing the emergence of a new type of independent worker who feels collective agreements and permanent contracts are nothing but obstacles?
New challenges for working life research tema
| Oct 2015

New challenges for working life research

Oct 23, 2015 Big Data is the new buzzword for the enormous increase in stored information across the world. But how will this information stream influence working life and working life research?
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Working life research and the future

Oct 23, 2015 Working life research and the future Where are the working life researchers in the debate about the future? asks Ann Bergman, Professor in working life science at the University of Karlstad. Despite big changes when it comes to gender, ethnicity and class, not many studies consider how this will influence working life. At the Norwegian Work Research Institute, researchers have been studying the vision of the new working life, where work is said to be more about doing something meaningful than earning money. Is that right? And how will the enormous flow of information known as Big Data influence working life research?
A Danish conflict: Fighting the shadow economy vs respecting privacy tema
| Sep 2015

A Danish conflict: Fighting the shadow economy vs respecting privacy

Sep 29, 2015 The Danish government wants to ban the hunting for undeclared work in private gardens. The social partners and the opposition fear this will lead to more social dumping.
Fewer Swedes want to buy or perform undeclared work tema
| Sep 2015

Fewer Swedes want to buy or perform undeclared work

Sep 29, 2015 Today nearly three times as many Swedes are negative towards undeclared work compared to six years ago. One explanation to this change in attitudes are the household tax breaks introduced in 2007 and 2008. Now the government is reducing the size of the deduction and critics warn against an increase in undeclared labour.
Coordinated controls in fight against Norway’s shadow economy tema
| Sep 2015

Coordinated controls in fight against Norway’s shadow economy

Sep 29, 2015 In Norway staff from six different authorities have gathered in joint offices in Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger to fight the shadow economy. Building sites and other workplaces have been targeted in coordinated operations by 120 investigators. The results have been good so far. The operations run alongside campaigns against undeclared work and have had broad media coverage.
Shadow economies - the Nordic strategies Infocus
| Sep 2015

Shadow economies - the Nordic strategies

Sep 29, 2015 Carrot or stick? The Nordic countries have different strategies for fighting the shadow economy. Finland and Sweden have used tax incentives to make it cheaper to buy declared labour. Norway and Denmark use controls as a main tool. In Norway six authorities coordinate the work, while Denmark's new government feels controls have gone too far.
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Shadow economies - the Nordic strategies

Sep 29, 2015 Carrot or stick? The Nordic countries have different strategies for fighting the shadow economy. Finland and Sweden have used tax incentives to make it cheaper to buy declared labour. Norway and Denmark use controls as a main tool. In Norway six authorities coordinate the work, while Denmark's new government feels controls have gone too far. Above: a Norwegian coordinated control at a construction site
Loa Brynjulfsdottir: The Nordic region is my home country tema
| June 2015

Loa Brynjulfsdottir: The Nordic region is my home country

Jun 22, 2015 As soon as Loa Brynjulfsdottir was old enough, she applied for a job through Nordjobb. That was in 1990 and the start of many years working through Nordjobb and a strong feeling of Nordic belonging.
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