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The spirit of Iceland - Big cars and Big Spenders interview

The spirit of Iceland - Big cars and Big Spenders

Oct 01, 2002 The statistics of Iceland are remarkable. It stands out among the Nordic countries. It is the country with the highest employment rate (for women too), the lowest unemployment rate, the highest working age, the longest life expectancy, the highest birth rate and the lowest sick leave rates. Why is that? Where's the magic?
Equality under pressure – how the Nordics are fighting back tema

Equality under pressure – how the Nordics are fighting back

Feb 21, 2025 More than 50 years after the cooperation on gender equality began, the Nordics are doubling down on the promise to ensure that the region will continue to lead the way in the fight for equality and inclusion.
EU minimum wage directive: last stand for the Nordics? tema
| EU/NORDICS

EU minimum wage directive: last stand for the Nordics?

Jan 22, 2021 2021 looks set to be the year when the issue of statutory minimum wages in Europe will be settled. The debate has lasted a long time and opinions are divided, but on 28 October 2020, the EU Commission finally presented a proposed directive which will be processed by the European Council and the EU Parliament.
New technology leads to growing polarisation in the labour market nyhet

New technology leads to growing polarisation in the labour market

Sep 12, 2019 Skilled jobs are on the rise both in the Nordic countries and elsewhere in the OECD, while routine jobs disappear. The challenge now is to help more people to develop their skills and to expand social security support to include those without permanent employment.
Immigrants struggle to find work in the Nordics despite labour shortages nyhet

Immigrants struggle to find work in the Nordics despite labour shortages

Feb 29, 2024 Many immigrants in Nordic countries are left without jobs, despite labour shortages. The Finnish company Snellman has a lot of experience with hiring immigrants. “Immigrants are very keen on getting a job and they are keen workers. They are loyal employees,” says head of HR Ann-Marie Eklund.
Sweden’s century-long relationship with the ILO nyhet
| ILO

Sweden’s century-long relationship with the ILO

Dec 10, 2020 Sweden has had a relationship with the ILO for 100 years. Yet the country never ratified the labour organisation’s first convention. There have been tensions behind the scenes from time to time – like when the conventions have clashed with the Swedish model for collective agreements.
How do you integrate last year’s refugees into the labour market? forskning

How do you integrate last year’s refugees into the labour market?

Nov 16, 2016 Refugees represent a different type of group compared to labour immigrants. The integrating of last year’s record number of refugees to the Nordic region will therefore probably take longer than for labour immigrants. There is also a risk that labour market integration runs into problems after five to ten years, warned researches at a Nordic seminar held in Oslo.
Nordic focus on getting more newly arrived women into work tema
| April 2018

Nordic focus on getting more newly arrived women into work

Apr 19, 2018 To succeed in getting more newly arrived women into work, the Nordic countries need more employment measures, an increased focus on childcare and documented results from measures, according to a new study.
Finland's Tuula Haatainen sees positive gender signals in EU interview

Finland's Tuula Haatainen sees positive gender signals in EU

Oct 10, 2006 The European Union is seriously looking at the challenges of gender equality, while many member states have no option but to address the problem of how work and family life can be combined.
Is there gender equality among Nordic entrepreneurs? tema
| March 8

Is there gender equality among Nordic entrepreneurs?

Feb 21, 2022 Both in Sweden and in Finland there are more male than female entrepreneurs. What happens to gender equality when women live with men who are entrepreneurs? Are male and female entrepreneurs motivated by different things?
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