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Magnus Gissler

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Hans Dahlgren

Alarm bells ring after many fatal workplace accidents in Sweden tema
| Fatal accidents

Alarm bells ring after many fatal workplace accidents in Sweden

Men working high up in construction and men loading and unloading trucks. Two risk-filled jobs that have claimed lives 2019 in Sweden. But the initial increase in fatal accidents earlier in 2019 has subsided. 44 persons died, which is 11 less than the year before.
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The Nordics, the EU and the climate

New labour ministers have recently been appointed in three of the Nordic countries. In Finland and Denmark as a result of elections, in Sweden because the government nominated Ylva Johansson to a role as a new EU commissioner.
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Far more labour migrants to Poland than Poles to Norway

For the second year running, Poland has received more labour migrants than any other OECD country. Meanwhile, fewer Poles travel to other European countries to work. This could lead to challenges for low-pay sectors in Nordic countries.
Sweden to strengthen preventative work against discrimination tema

Sweden to strengthen preventative work against discrimination

Many employers are not aware that they must work on active measures to promote equal rights and opportunities for their employees. So says the Swedish government, which has appointed a commissioner tasked with coming up with proposals for how to make the monitoring of the discrimination act more effective.
Money can't buy you happiness in Iceland nyhet
| Welfare distribution, GHS

Money can't buy you happiness in Iceland

Families need decent wages in order to afford all the essentials. But high wages do not necessarily make families happy. There is no direct correlation between money and happiness, unless the family has real economic problems. The key to happiness is mainly spending time with family and friends.
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Greenland ship yard

Angela Davis in Reykjavik: We must see the structural powers that support the violence tema
| Metoo

Angela Davis in Reykjavik: We must see the structural powers that support the violence

“If we don’t challenge the structures in society, we risk getting into a situation where we end up fighting for women’s rights to be as violent as men,” warned Angela Davis when she addressed the large #metoo conference in Reykjavik on 17-19 September.
Eva Nordmark's task: to liberalise Sweden’s employment act and reform the employment service interview
| MINISTER OF LABOUR

Eva Nordmark's task: to liberalise Sweden’s employment act and reform the employment service

When former TCO President Eva Nordmark accepted to replace Ylva Johansson as Sweden’s Minister for Employment, she also accepted to follow up on proposals she had been critical of in the past, like the liberalisation of the employment act.
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