Skip to content. | Skip to navigation

: Print current newsletter

You are here: Home

Search results

3837 items matching your search terms. Sort by relevance · date (newest first) · alphabetically

forskning

Unemployment can be defined away

Mar 08, 2012 The definition of employment and unemployment differs from country to country. A comparative historical perspective shows the political context - how the problem is presented and how its constituent parts change - steers our understanding. The standard views of employment are no longer relevant in countries like the US or France, according to social historian Noel Whiteside.

col1

News 2017

Þorsteinn Víglundsson: Legislating for an equal pay standard

interview

Þorsteinn Víglundsson: Legislating for an equal pay standard

Feb 02, 2017 Iceland’s new Minister of Social Affairs and Equal Rights, Þorsteinn Víglundsson, will introduce a brand new labour market policy based on the Nordic model. He will also present proposed legislation to implement an equal pay standard. Þorsteinn knows the labour market well, having been the Director General of the Confederation of Icelandic Employers (SA).

Faroe Islands heading for dream target – 50,000 citizens

tema

| Feb 2017

Faroe Islands heading for dream target – 50,000 citizens

Feb 02, 2017 For several months – in fact for many years – the Faroese have been waiting for the magical number 50,000. And it is about to arrive! The latest official update says 49,820, the real figure is even closer to 50,000 and it is now only a matter of weeks.

nyhet

Job prize to get more Danish long term unemployed into work

Feb 02, 2017 A cash prize awaits Danes who get a job after a long time on unemployment benefits. Long term unemployment benefit receivers are also given help to find casual jobs. Yet one expert questions whether the economic incentive is large enough.

Municipalities could be saved by newcomers

tema

| Feb 2017

Municipalities could be saved by newcomers

Feb 02, 2017 By 2030 Sweden’s countryside could have lost one third of its employable population compared to the year 2000, resulting in lost tax revenues, increased healthcare needs and a lack of labour. Many municipalities now put their hopes in the successful integration of newcomers. Krokom municipality is one of them.

"The welfare model is vulnerable to high levels of immigration of adults with low skills levels."

tema

| Feb 2017

"The welfare model is vulnerable to high levels of immigration of adults with low skills levels."

Feb 02, 2017 There was great concern in the Nordic countries a few years ago that they would be hit by an age shock. The fear was an increasing lack of labour as a result of falling numbers of young and middle aged people. But out of the four main demographic drivers, only one developed as expected: Populations are ageing.

Skiing

col1

Skiing

Politicians

col1

Politicians

Sun May

col1

Sun May

« Previous 10 items Next 10 items » 1 ... 354 355 356 [357] 358 359 360 ... 384

This is themeComment