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Anniken Hauglie is Norway’s new Minister of Labour and Social Affairs nyhet

Anniken Hauglie is Norway’s new Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

Dec 17, 2015 Prime Minister Erna Solberg changed party colours at one of the most important ministries when Norway got a new Minister of Labour and Social Affairs - Anniken Hauglie from the Conservative Party.
Theme: Nordic statistics - frontline defenders of truth col1

Theme: Nordic statistics - frontline defenders of truth

Dec 18, 2018 Newsletter from the Nordic Labour Journal 12/2018
The changes hidden behind the smokescreen tema
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The changes hidden behind the smokescreen

Nov 03, 2010 As the Iron Curtain came down, contacts between the Nordic region and Russia multiplied. Yet the image of the Eastern neighbour needs updating, even in the part of the Nordic region which has enjoyed the friendliest relationship - the Norwegian municipality of Sør-Varanger on the border with Russia. The nickel plant across the border has been a smokescreen both literally and figuratively.
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Norwegian employers: applicants with in-work training end up further down the pile

Feb 08, 2018 Being unemployed as a young person has a stigmatising effect that can last for years. This is underpinned by comprehensive research. But is it always better to work, no matter what quality job you can get? Could it actually be better not to? Could a labour market course worsen your chance of employment?
Closed borders trigger unemployment in Sweden tema
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Closed borders trigger unemployment in Sweden

Jun 12, 2020 Sweden’s biggest cities have been the worst hit by the pandemic, and in particular Stockholm. Infection rates have remained low in Sweden's border areas, but municipalities there are struggling economically because the borders have closed.
Norway's interpreter costs rise, yet interpreters are underused tema
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Norway's interpreter costs rise, yet interpreters are underused

Oct 13, 2021 The cost of interpreter services in the public sector has risen sharply in Norway. In 2019 the total cost was 843 million kroner (€85.3m). In six years interpreter costs have gone up by 72%. But not using qualified interpreters at all can quickly become even more costly. New interpreter legislation could improve the situation.
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Editorial: The unacceptable consequences of border obstacles

Apr 15, 2012 A long and comprehensive job to find and solve the key problems met by Nordic citizens working in a different Nordic country is nearing its end.
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Gender equality of historic proportions

Mar 05, 2014 For the first time ever, power is equally shared between men and women in Norway, according to the Nordic Labour Journal’s gender equality barometer. Norway has more women in positions of power, in boardrooms and in work than any other Nordic country. 40 years of Nordic cooperation has inspired progress. Different nations have led the way at different times. Finland has the most female boardroom members in the EU. Sweden is busy getting more women into leadership positions. Denmark’s government sees gender equality as the key to integration. Things are happening elsewhere too. After Italy introduced gender quotas, women have flocked into boardrooms and half of the Renzi government are women.
TBU at 50: Wage formation – the Norwegian model’s unique attribute nyhet

TBU at 50: Wage formation – the Norwegian model’s unique attribute

Oct 05, 2017 The basis for the Norwegian version of the Nordic model is a shared understanding of reality before the parties begin wage negotiations. The result has been few conflicts and narrow pay gaps.
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Editorial: Labour migrants head North

Feb 08, 2013 Iro came first. She arrived from Greece to study. Then the crisis hit, Iro found a job and stayed. Now her brother Dimitris has joined her to look for work in Norway. Do they represent a wave of job seekers from crisis-hit southern Europe to the Nordic region, we wonder in this month’s theme.
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