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Disruption patrol alerts authorities of work-related crime nyhet

Disruption patrol alerts authorities of work-related crime

Private operators outside of the public labour inspection system in both Norway and Sweden are gathering information on cowboy operators within the construction industry. The Nordic Labour Journal joined Vidar Sagmyr from the construction industry’s disruption patrol in Trondheim on an ordinary assignment. This time, he received no death threats.
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Nader Ahmadi

Nader Ahmadi heads the new work environment authority with “ears to the ground” interview

Nader Ahmadi heads the new work environment authority with “ears to the ground”

In Swedish Gävle a new public body in work environment knowledge is emerging, which will be responsible for creating and disseminating knowledge. “The work environment is extremely important for socially sustainable societies,” says the Director General Nader Ahmadi.
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Creating a decent work environment for employees in the new economy

How can the Swedish Work Environment Authority carry out inspections and promote satisfactory work environments for the self-employed, digital platform workers or those who are employed in other new forms of organising work? That is what the authority is trying to figure out in a two year-long project commissioned by the government.
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Øystein Spjelkavik

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Erik Falkum

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New tendencies in Nordic work environments

Work environments can be many things. In this issue of the Nordic Labour Journal we investigate some of them. Oslo recently hosted the largest Nordic conference so far on Supported Employment. One of the questions asked there was who gets to partake in the labour market in the first place?
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Theme: New Nordic perspectives on the work environment

In Denmark, a new committee has published 18 recommendations for how to improve work environments. In Sweden another committee is looking into who should be responsible for inspecting work environments in the new economy. In Finland there is growing awareness that threats to nurses and social workers represent one of the main work environment issues.
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Employers’ conditions in the shipping and aviation sectors provokes hot debate in the Nordic Council

The Nordic Council is encouraging governments to work actively against social dumping in the shipping sector. But the Council does not want to initiate any coordination of Nordic aviation policies within the EU. These were the results after a hot debate in the labour market committee during the session in Oslo.
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