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Well-being at work

Nordic efforts to improve working environments are now beginning to show results. Tarja Filatov, Finland's Minister of Labour, has brought the attention of the Nordic Council to the economic significance that a good working environment can have for businesses and the national economy.
Well-being at work sparks productivity nyhet

Well-being at work sparks productivity

Facing global competition Finland's way: go for sustainable working life.
What are the critical issues for Nordic trade unions? nyhet

What are the critical issues for Nordic trade unions?

What goes on inside the head of a trade union leader? At the NFS congress in Malmö they were challenged to spend one minute to describe what they see as the greatest challenge going forward. Here are some of the answers:
What can we learn from 80 female prime ministers and presidents? tema

What can we learn from 80 female prime ministers and presidents?

A lone female leader’s dilemma is whether she manages to change the system before it changes her. You need a critical mass of 30 to 35 percent female parliamentary representation before you get lasting cultural, political and practical change, writes Torild Skard in her book on female presidents and prime ministers between 1960 and 2000.
What do border obstacles cost the Nordic region? nyhet

What do border obstacles cost the Nordic region?

Is it possible to calculate how much the Nordic countries are loosing because of the many remaining border obstacles affecting the labour market? According to Copenhagen Economics no border obstacles would mean 3,000 to 6,000 more cross-border commuters. If all of them came out of unemployment it would save 4.2bn Danish kroner (€56m).
What does a stint in jail mean for getting a job? tema

What does a stint in jail mean for getting a job?

A new study compares employment of previous inmates in four Nordic countries up until five years after their release. The aim has been to see whether former inmates in certain countries are more successful in finding work, and whether this is a result of the work of the correctional services or labour market measures.
What does the common Nordic labour market mean to you? tema

What does the common Nordic labour market mean to you?

The Nordic Labour Journal asked some of the participants at the conference marking 70 years of the common labour market what it means to them – personally or for their respective countries' labour markets.
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What happened to the spirit of consent?

Have we become less good at solving conflicts in the Nordic region? Are we seeing a weakening of the spirit of consent which has made it possible to reach compromises that everyone can live with? This issue of the Nordic Labour Journal looks at the debate in the five Nordic countries.
What happens when the refugee stream has been stemmed? tema
| Nov 2015

What happens when the refugee stream has been stemmed?

“It’s like on a plane when the oxygen masks have been activated. When you’re told to put on your own mask before helping people sitting next to you. If we are to help the world, we must look after our own country first,” says Jøran Kallmyr, State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Justice.
What is it really like to be LGBTI in Norway today? tema

What is it really like to be LGBTI in Norway today?

Norway’s LGBTI community is more exposed than ever and their living conditions should therefore be studied. So say young people in Trondheim’s gay milieu, and get support from a gender researcher.
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