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Denmark and Sweden’s EU dilemma over minimum wages

Should the government go to the EU Court of Justice to have the directive on adequate minimum wages in the European Union nullified? That question is now being debated in Denmark and Sweden after the directive was adopted with an overwhelming majority. But it is far from given that any of the two countries’ governments will take action.
Will the climate issue rejuvenate Nordic trade unions? nyhet

Will the climate issue rejuvenate Nordic trade unions?

What signals were the most important to come out of the NFS congress in Oslo? We asked Ragnhild Lied, President of the Union confederation, to sum up her impressions. “What is clear now is that we are experiencing so many crises at once,” she says.
Nordic men face different challenges from women in non-traditional jobs tema

Nordic men face different challenges from women in non-traditional jobs

Young women training to join typically male-dominated occupations make difficult choices but are also spurred on by family, teachers and politicians and end up with a high-status job. But when young men choose healthcare jobs, they get neither status nor good pay.
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Anna Axelsen

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Mari Teigen

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Graph

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Mohamed Amaleti

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Gísli Kort Kristófersson

Why Finnish nurses choose Norway over their native country tema

Why Finnish nurses choose Norway over their native country

In the largest hall at the Messukeskus conference centre, Finnish DJ Darude springs a surprise tune. Sandstorm blasts out to an enthusiastic audience made up of nearly 2,000 nurses from the whole of Finland during the annual nurses' days in Helsinki.
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Is foreign recruitment unethical?

Is it ethical to recruit staff from countries which also have labour shortages, for instance, the Philippines? It is not a sustainable alternative, especially when the most qualified are the ones who are the most likely to leave.
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