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Youth Employment Forum showcasing the good Nordic examples tema

Youth Employment Forum showcasing the good Nordic examples

“A murderer can become a fantastic worker. He has been in prison, thinking. Employers who dare hire a former criminal get very loyal workers,” says Nanna Ravn Hansen, a consultant at High:five.
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Norwegian government to tackle involuntary part-time work

“Involuntary part-time work is a serious problem both for individuals and for society as a whole. It is the government’s goal to reduce involuntary part-time work and to make sure those who wish can get full-time employment,” says Minister of Labour Hanne Bjurstrøm.
Transport facilities crucial to mining tema

Transport facilities crucial to mining

Nordic politicians are waking up to the possibilities for the mining industry. On 12 October foreign ministers in the Barents Euro-Arctic Council met in the LKAB mine in Kiruna. Norway’s Jonas Gahr Støre (right below) and Sweden’s Carl Bildt arrived together on the ore train from Narvik.
Red cabinet member - impatient in the long run interview

Red cabinet member - impatient in the long run

Audun Lysbakken swears that it is he - and not the media - who will set the agenda for his ministry's work. That means working on long-term, preventative measures to avoid people becoming social outsiders - results of which will not show up on statistics for another 10 to 15 years.
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Theme: Joint challenges for Nordic municipalities

Newsletter from the Nordic Labour Journal 3/2025
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From modest environmental goals to the world's most sustainable region

23 March marked 60 years since the signing of the Helsinki Treaty in 1950. It came into force on 1 July that year and saw amongst other things the creation of the Nordic Council of Ministers – the Nordic governments' cooperation body.
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Newsletter from the Nordic Labour Journal 3/2011

Theme: Staffing agencies challenging the Nordic model
New conflict solving methods needed for reindeer husbandry tema
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New conflict solving methods needed for reindeer husbandry

A new mediation body is needed to deal with conflicts within reindeer herding. Existing courts and mediation bodies do not fit in with Sami culture. This proposal comes from two Norwegian researchers and a judge who have spent three years studying conflict solution within the Sami reindeer husbandry.
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Norway: Gender pay gap remains, but influence is slightly up

The gender pay gap among full-time employees in Norway remains at 20 %. After adjusting for age, education, sector and several other factors, there is still a 13 % gender difference.
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir: The gender pay gap is now the most important equality issue interview
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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir: The gender pay gap is now the most important equality issue

Iceland’s Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir has managed what many thought near impossible. She has cut public spending in the wake of the market crash without negatively impacting Iceland’s social security system.
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