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News 2022

Swedish LO: The ETUC no longer represents us nyhet
| EU/NORDICS

Swedish LO: The ETUC no longer represents us

The Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) has stopped paying its membership fee to the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and will no longer participate in the organisation’s meetings – all in protest against the ETUC’s handling of the directive on adequate minimum wages.
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In Focus 2022

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Theme: Nordic labour market research

NordForsk is funding close to 50 million Norwegian kroner (€5m) for research on the future of work in the Nordics. Here we take a lookat some earlier projects as well as some of the Nordic research foundations.
Sweden: most casual jobs and lowest work protection tema

Sweden: most casual jobs and lowest work protection

Sweden has the highest unemployment levels among the Nordics, and also more casual jobs and lower employment protection levels for those on temporary contracts. An award-winning dissertation shows the consequences deregulation has had for people without permanent employment.
Varða in Iceland: a bridge between trade unions and academics tema

Varða in Iceland: a bridge between trade unions and academics

Iceland's labour market research institute Varða was set up in February 2020 by The Icelandic Confederation of Labour ASÍ and the Confederation of State and Municipal Employees BSRB. The purpose was to strengthen social and economic labour market research and bridge the gap between academics and the labour market.
Norwegian researchers' deep-dive into male power structures tema

Norwegian researchers' deep-dive into male power structures

It started with the question of whether female conscripts are more accepted by male ones if they sleep in the same room. It ended with disclosures of sexual harassment during police training in Norway. Dag Ellingsen led a research project funded by NordForsk which in more ways than one showed the benefits of Nordic research cooperation.
Swedish Employment Service wins award for anti-violence work nyhet

Swedish Employment Service wins award for anti-violence work

Over the past four years, the Swedish Public Employment Service has worked to increase awareness around violence in close relationships, which is often a hidden cause of long-term unemployment. They have trained 6,000 staff as well as suppliers and clients. Now they have been awarded the 2022 Swedish Gender Equality Award.
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Theme: Gender equality

Finland's tech sector's culture of silence on gender equality tema
| March 8

Finland's tech sector's culture of silence on gender equality

Women who have chosen a tech career tend to avoid gender equality debates, according to the Nordwit centre of excellence which has spent the past five years studying women's careers in technology-driven work environments.
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