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Norway’s labour shortages stretch to “the furthest island” nyhet

Norway’s labour shortages stretch to “the furthest island”

Aug 18, 2022 The lack of qualified labour has become a major problem in many places in the Nordics. In the Norwegian county of Trøndelag unemployment has never been lower. This can also be felt on Frøya, an island of some 5,000 people.
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Norway: Gender pay gap remains, but influence is slightly up

Apr 12, 2019 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.
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Norway: Government to strengthen measures aimed at youths

Oct 17, 2015 Unemployment is growing in Norway, especially among young people. The government’s 2016 budget proposal includes a youth package aimed at preventing more young people from falling outside of education and working life.
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Norway: Investing in Grey Gold

Nov 01, 2001 Norway is making a conscious effort to encourage more older people to stay in work longer. This move is aimed at fighting the myth that older people cannot keep up with developments and making it worthwhile for companies to hold onto their older workforce.
Norway: strike against labour law reform, tough conflicts ahead nyhet

Norway: strike against labour law reform, tough conflicts ahead

Feb 07, 2015 Will more short term contracts lead to more jobs for more people? Will it make it easier to access the labour market? Would it create more jobs or just more temporary staff? These questions are at the core of Norwegian workers’ fight against changes to the working environment act.
Norway: women engineers on the rise nyhet

Norway: women engineers on the rise

Mar 22, 2021 Ingvild Wang (24) has a master of technology from Norway’s University of Science and Technology, NTNU. She believes role models and equal education opportunities have led to a good proportion of women among young engineers.
Norwegian barometer highlights importance of collective decision-making nyhet

Norwegian barometer highlights importance of collective decision-making

Dec 06, 2017 Changes and reorganisations are far less conflict-prone if employees both participate in and have influence over the process. Yet the trend is increasingly moving towards more authoritarian management models where standardisation and control are the most important factors. These are some of the results from this year’s barometer on collective decision-making in Norway.
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Norwegian employers: applicants with in-work training end up further down the pile

Feb 08, 2018 Being unemployed as a young person has a stigmatising effect that can last for years. This is underpinned by comprehensive research. But is it always better to work, no matter what quality job you can get? Could it actually be better not to? Could a labour market course worsen your chance of employment?
Norwegian experts: Whistleblowers need more protection nyhet

Norwegian experts: Whistleblowers need more protection

Mar 23, 2018 The government-appointed committee assessing the need for better laws and regulations surrounding whistleblowing wants to strengthen the protection of whistleblowers with an ombudsman who can provide advice and assistance in whistleblowing cases, and a separate dispute commission to make it easier for people to speak out. Both could be enshrined in a whistleblower law.
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Norwegian government to tackle involuntary part-time work

Sep 07, 2011 “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.
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