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Can the Nordic labour markets survive the green transition? tema

Can the Nordic labour markets survive the green transition?

Dec 06, 2023 Nearly one in three Nordic citizens worry they might lose their jobs because of the green transition, according to a new Nordregio survey. How can the social partners work together to make the transition as fair as possible? That was the theme during the Nordic dialogue conference in Iceland.
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Catapulted into work?

Sep 20, 2012 A youth project in Åland called Catapult is aiming to integrate unemployed youths into the labour market. The name might sound a bit more dramatic than what actually faces its target group of 16 to 24 year olds. But it does say something about Nordic politicians’ expectations.
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Celebrating 60 years with a borderless labour market

May 08, 2014 The agreement on a common Nordic labour market was signed on 22 May 1954. It means when the labour market goes belly-up in one country, Nordic citizens can look for a future in a different Nordic country. The Nordic Labour Journal hears six stories representing each of the six decades of borderless Nordic cooperation. They provide unique snapshots of time. These are tales of searching for a better existence and of the opportunities resulting from the Nordic countries' comprehensive cooperation. We also tell the story of how the unique agreement came to be as early as in 1954.
Challenge: gathering Europe in a joint vision for the work environment tema

Challenge: gathering Europe in a joint vision for the work environment

Nov 12, 2014 25 percent of workers in the EU have a job which causes them psychosocial problems like stress, according to the fifth European working conditions survey. The results have been analysed in a report by Eurofound in cooperation with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. But measuring work environments is considerably harder than measuring unemployment.
Challenges to welfare state at top of ministers’ in tray tema

Challenges to welfare state at top of ministers’ in tray

Sep 20, 2012 Youth unemployment has high political priority in the Nordic region. At the latest Nordic Council of Ministers meeting, labour ministers agreed to encourage employers to take on some of the responsibility for young people who don’t work and who are not in education.
Challenging globalisation’s winners: The OECD wants to bridge the divides nyhet

Challenging globalisation’s winners: The OECD wants to bridge the divides

Jun 22, 2017 The OECD’s Stefano Scarpetta calls the new narrative a paradigm shift. We must change the ideas which have created an increasing gap between rich and poor, says Secretary-General Angel Gurría: Economic growth is not enough, we need a new vision for inclusive and sustainable development. The social dimension broke through clearly at the OECD Forum 2017.
Chaos within safe borders tema

Chaos within safe borders

Nov 03, 2005 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.
Chasing nurses and sailors - Norway's ethical dilemma of importing workers tema

Chasing nurses and sailors - Norway's ethical dilemma of importing workers

May 01, 2007 The lack of skilled workers is a big problem in Norway, where unemployment has fallen to less than two percent. Healthcare and shipping might seem like very different sectors, yet both are trying to attract foreign workers.
Christer Holmlund: Teachers' psychological strain a theme for NLS interview

Christer Holmlund: Teachers' psychological strain a theme for NLS

Jun 11, 2020 With the reopening of Nordic schools post-Corona, there needs to be more focus on teachers’ working conditions. They made a big digital leap with distance learning and this has been tiring, says Christer Holmlund, the new Secretary-General for NLS, the Nordic Teachers’ Union.
Climate changes arctic working life innsikt

Climate changes arctic working life

Jan 28, 2013 The climate is changing much faster in the Arctic than researchers had predicted. This also means great challenges for working life in an area where between four and nine million people live, depending on how you define it. The Arctic Frontiers conference has been staged in Tromsø for the eighth time.
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