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The salmon millions keeping a small Norwegian island society alive tema

The salmon millions keeping a small Norwegian island society alive

Millions of kroner from the fish farming sector contribute to the community and activities in Frøya – from carnival and language cafés to the downpayment of municipal debts. But with most eggs in one basket, the municipality is vulnerable.
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Do we choose new or old?

Good cooperation can be about new initiatives as well as protecting things that actually work. What drives developments can be people, new organisations or pressing new circumstances. This issue of the Nordic Labour Journal is a mix of all three components.
Four new Nordic labour ministers – and their challenges nyhet

Four new Nordic labour ministers – and their challenges

In 2022, both Norway, Sweden and Denmark got new labour ministers. Here is your chance to get to know them better.
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The Nordic region: defying economic theory

The Nordic countries defy many of the traditional economic theories. Despite having large public sectors, strong unions, small wage differences, generous welfare states and high taxes, their economies have fared better than those of most countries.
Chaos within safe borders tema

Chaos within safe borders

You feel it as soon as you step inside Norwegian Snøhetta’s offices; something exciting is happening here. In what used to be a big harbour authority storage hall, overlooking the ravishing Oslo fjord through a huge glass window, 50 people are sat drawing the future.
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Finnish cases in EU Court of Justice could have Nordic consequences

Is the Finnish system of universally applicable collective agreements incompatible with the free movement of services? That is what an advocate-general at the Court of Justice of the European Union suggests in a fresh opinion. The case is only one out of three current ones which could have a major impact on the Nordic countries’ labour markets.
 Nordic researchers want political action on NEETs tema

Nordic researchers want political action on NEETs

More and more young people in the Nordics are not in education or employment. Not enough is done to help young people facing extra challenges, argue Nordic researchers.
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Nordic preparedness put to the test

Rarely has the scout motto been more apt than right now. When the leader says “Be prepared!” the scouts answer “Always prepared!”
Municipal Nordics face common challenges tema

Municipal Nordics face common challenges

Municipalities across the Nordic region are under pressure from ageing populations, labour shortages and rising costs. The challenge is to deliver quality services in line with residents' growing expectations, according to the Nordic municipal organisations.
Time pressure bigger work environment issue in the Nordics than rest of Europe nyhet

Time pressure bigger work environment issue in the Nordics than rest of Europe

Psychosocial risk factors are identified as the main challenge by the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work in their second major survey of work environments in European countries.
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