Newsletter

Subscribe to the latest news from the Nordic Labour Journal by e-mail. The newsletter is issued 9 times a year. Subscription is free of charge.

(Required)
You are here: Home

Search results for norway

972 items matching your search terms. Sort by relevance · date (newest first) · alphabetically
Iceland's new labour market policy focuses on young men nyhet

Iceland's new labour market policy focuses on young men

Iceland is developing a labour market policy for the period leading up to 2020, the first such policy the country has ever had. There are more people with low education in Iceland than elsewhere in Europe. Experts say the most important thing now is to develop a strategy for educating young men.
Iceland’s Minister of Social Affairs: The importance of writing off debts interview

Iceland’s Minister of Social Affairs: The importance of writing off debts

Eygló Harðardóttir is the Minister of Social Affairs in Iceland’s new government. The low number of female ministers and women in parliamentary committees has created heated debate. Most committees have an uneven gender distribution, which goes against the law. But the new minister is not particularly worried. She reckons the number of women will rise soon.
Iceland’s road to recovery nyhet
| GHS

Iceland’s road to recovery

Iceland has managed surprisingly well after the economic collapse of autumn 2008. Iceland’s government and the International Monetary Fund has staged a conference on Iceland’s road to recovery in Reykjavik.
nyhet

Iceland: Immigrants are better protected, says MIPEX

Sweden is still top, but Iceland saw the greatest increase in the 2020 MIPEX migrant integration policy index. The country’s index rose by seven points from 49 to 56 between 2014 and 2019, on a scale of 100. Sweden got 86 points, down one.
Iceland: Just 15 per cent away from being a CO2 emission-free society nyhet

Iceland: Just 15 per cent away from being a CO2 emission-free society

Iceland is likely to become the first completely carbon-neutral country in the world. In the current European energy price crisis, the country is an island of stability.
Iceland: Paternity leave a boost to men’s identity tema
| Nordics

Iceland: Paternity leave a boost to men’s identity

The Nordic Gender Effect at Work is one of the Nordic prime ministers’ most important projects for the advancement of gender equality. It is considered to be an important prerequisite for a good labour market and for economic growth.
Iceland: The parental revolution nyhet

Iceland: The parental revolution

The image of parent and child doesn't necessarily involve a woman any longer in Iceland. For almost five years fathers in Iceland have been able to take paternity leave, and from day one they have made the most of it. This has been the largest step Iceland has taken towards gender equality. But there are still examples of employers who don’t follow the law.
ILO report: Big difference in view of working women between Nordics and Eastern Europe nyhet

ILO report: Big difference in view of working women between Nordics and Eastern Europe

Women in the Nordic countries participate in the labour market to a greater degree than in any other country, and there are many good examples to be found here. But some glass ceilings remain unbroken, concluded the conference “Global Dialogue on Gender in the World of Work” which was held in Helsinki in late November.
ILO: Europe’s youth must get jobs and regain their confidence innsikt

ILO: Europe’s youth must get jobs and regain their confidence

The ILO will help put the youth guarantee into practice and make sure €6bn granted by the EU will be used to get Europe’s youth into work. The ILO will play a stronger role in helping crisis-hit European countries to improve the economic, social and political consequences of the crisis and to reestablish trust in the countries.
Immigrants in Sweden queue up to work in Denmark tema

Immigrants in Sweden queue up to work in Denmark

While Copenhagen suffers labour shortages, Malmö has high unemployment. But for many third-country nationals on the Swedish side of the border, Danish work permit requirements are so high that cross-border commuting is made impossible. This issue is a priority for the Freedom of Movement Council, while an EU project is also looking for solutions.
This is themeComment