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The Nordics: More openness for labour market inclusion Infocus
| June 2017

The Nordics: More openness for labour market inclusion

The refugee crisis has led to more cooperation between the Nordic countries in order to find the best ways of including refugees into the labour market. But inclusion is also about being open to everyone who for different reasons struggle to get a foothold in working life. Danish municipalities show how success can be achieved when the integration measures feel meaningful to all involved.
The North Sea Diver – working under pressure innsikt

The North Sea Diver – working under pressure

There are few stories describing working life in Norway’s offshore oil industry, despite the massive impact the sector has had on the country’s economy. Now a new book details one of most remarkable new occupations that emerged from the industry – the deep sea divers. The author is Swedish Hans Claesson.
The Norwegian automated ferry that can be operated as easily as a lift tema

The Norwegian automated ferry that can be operated as easily as a lift

A wide range of new workplaces could become available in the wake of autonomous ferries.
The Norwegian civil servant working for Sweden interview

The Norwegian civil servant working for Sweden

In January, Norwegian Finn Ola Jølstad swapped his day job as a senior civil servant at the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion in Oslo for a job at the Swedish Ministry of Employment. His job exchange lasts six months and falls right in the middle of Sweden’s EU Presidency.
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The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority sharpens its methods

How do you effectively monitor working environments? That was the key question when the Nordic working environment conference in Tampere recently discussed risk-based inspections. Which workplaces should be visited and how do you perform inspections and controls? The labour inspection authority’s role is to make sure businesses follow labour law. The methods are going to change, but how?
The Öresund Bridge is 20, and gets a sub-sea equivalent tema
| Open borders

The Öresund Bridge is 20, and gets a sub-sea equivalent

The bridge linking two Nordic countries is 20 years old this summer. The link has been important for the Öresund region’s development. It is also important for the massive project of securing a permanent link between Zealand and Germany.
The Oslo model brings transparency to the construction sector tema
| Sep 2018

The Oslo model brings transparency to the construction sector

The view is dizzying as one of the construction workers climb the steps at the top of the new Munch Museum which is being built in Oslo. The museum will be more than a shop window for Norwegian culture; the construction project is also meant to be a showcase for fair competition and working conditions in the construction industry.
The platform giants are profitable – but create few new jobs tema

The platform giants are profitable – but create few new jobs

The digital revolution will transform the work force in the 21st Century, just as the industrial revolution. But technology will create a host of new type of jobs and challenges as society moves from muscle and brainpower to data power, according to professors Bo Dahlbom and Ragnar Torvik.
The research project against all odds: Olli Kangas on Finland’s universal basic income tema

The research project against all odds: Olli Kangas on Finland’s universal basic income

Does Finland’s experiment with a universal basic income prove that this could be a solution for the future? We will not know until 2020. But in one way, the research project has already been a success – the fact that it was possible to carry it out at all.
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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