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“It had to be the Nordics” – why a Danish priest chose Norway tema

“It had to be the Nordics” – why a Danish priest chose Norway

Jun 20, 2024 Anne Anker Bolstad is one of many Danish priests working in Norway, where there is a great priest shortage.
“It is our environments which make us handicapped” tema

“It is our environments which make us handicapped”

May 26, 2019 Kristine Ronæss Årdal has cerebral palsy, and certain environments make integration difficult. In her experience, positive attitudes combined with physical facilitation is often easier to achieve than many think.
“Make the Nordic region a growth centre for the sharing economy” tema

“Make the Nordic region a growth centre for the sharing economy”

Dec 12, 2014 The Nordic region can become a centre for the sharing economy, which would benefit all of society. But politicians are asleep at the wheel, thinks Charlotte Fischer from the Danish Social Liberal Party. She sits on the Business Council for Sustainable Development, the Congestion Commission and is a member of the regional council of The Capital Region of Denmark.
“Only the labour market knows which skills are needed” tema

“Only the labour market knows which skills are needed”

Sep 19, 2017 Swedish employers are in desperate need of people to fill positions within many different occupations. Meanwhile, more than 340,000 people are registered with the employment service. The problem is that the job seekers’ knowledge often does not match the needs of the employer.
“Part time is about money, culture and morals” tema

“Part time is about money, culture and morals”

Nov 07, 2013 There is an intensive debate on part time work in all of the Nordic countries. But this goes further than women choosing to work part time for certain periods. If gender equality is the goal, should women take on more full time work or should men work more part time?
“Paternal leave extremely important to reach gender equality" tema
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“Paternal leave extremely important to reach gender equality"

Jun 22, 2018 “Today’s paternal leave legislation gives employers a lot of room to negotiate with men whether they should take leave or not. We need less flexible solutions,” says Anne Lise Ellingsæter, who has led a Nordic inquiry into parental leave. It proposed to reserve 20 weeks’ leave for the father.
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| Sep 2015

“So you want to pay VAT?"

Sep 29, 2015 The shadow economy, undeclared work, social dumping. We are talking cheating and deception, but how do you fight the illegal actions which erode the welfare state?
“Swede moving to Norway, what do I need to know?” tema

“Swede moving to Norway, what do I need to know?”

May 08, 2014 On 13 December 2010 Charlotte Lundell started working as Brand Manager at Orkla Confectionery & Snacks. The first thing she did when she got the job was to google: “Swede moving to Norway, what do I need to know?” At the time she was one of 80,000 Swedes working in Norway. In 2013 she is one of 90,000.
“Sweden was somewhere you could make money” tema

“Sweden was somewhere you could make money”

May 08, 2014 Early autumn 1954, and Gösta Helsing is 17, one of nine siblings living at home in a small village in Vörå in Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia. Post-war Finland is poor from paying reparations to Russia and there are few jobs. The small farm cannot sustain all nine siblings. Many neighbours, friends and relatives are moving to Sweden.
”Change or die” - mobilising and modernising unions tema

”Change or die” - mobilising and modernising unions

Nov 13, 2011 From 2007 to 2011 Swedish trade unions lost 273,000 members. Worst hit was the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) and the lowest numbers of union membership was found among young people and people of foreign heritage. But unions are not passively watching the fall in membership numbers - on the contrary, they are mobilising to reach old and new members.
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