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June general strike looms in Iceland nyhet

June general strike looms in Iceland

Iceland is already dealing with several strikes and more trade unions are threatening industrial action. There will be a general strike in June if the parties fail to reach a collective agreement. The strikes have already become the largest labour market conflict in Iceland in 25 years.
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| Feb 2016

When the diversity diversifies

“Immigration to the Nordic region does not only mean more diversity. What we’re seeing now is that the diversity is diversifying. We get super-diversity,” says Tuomas Martikainen, Director of the Finnish Institute of Migration.
Half of older Icelanders are still working tema

Half of older Icelanders are still working

Older Icelanders enjoy working and do so for longer than other older people in the Nordic region, the Baltics and the UK. Being active in the labour market is highly valued among the Icelandic.
Challenge: gathering Europe in a joint vision for the work environment tema

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

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.
Danish Queen historically important for gender equality tema
| March 8

Danish Queen historically important for gender equality

The Danes chose a woman to be sovereign, and Queen Margrethe has made a considerable contribution toward gender equality.
OECD Deputy Secretary-General Mari Kiviniemi: Sticks to facts and fears protectionism interview

OECD Deputy Secretary-General Mari Kiviniemi: Sticks to facts and fears protectionism

Former Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi has spent nearly a lifetime in Finnish politics. As OECD Deputy Secretary-General she has spent most of her time advising the world’s governments on development and growth. At year’s end it is over. Now she wants to help Finland prosper as leader for the Finnish Commerce Federation.
Employers’ conditions in the shipping and aviation sectors provokes hot debate in the Nordic Council nyhet

Employers’ conditions in the shipping and aviation sectors provokes hot debate in the Nordic Council

The Nordic Council is encouraging governments to work actively against social dumping in the shipping sector. But the Council does not want to initiate any coordination of Nordic aviation policies within the EU. These were the results after a hot debate in the labour market committee during the session in Oslo.
International cooperation key to effective digitalisation nyhet

International cooperation key to effective digitalisation

The Nordics are accelerating the digitalisation of society at least as fast as the rest of Europe. That brings advantages and challenges, according to Nordic and EU politicians who met for a webinar on digitalisation in early March.
Numeracy, not literacy, most important in working life tema

Numeracy, not literacy, most important in working life

Numeracy is more important for participating in working life than previously thought. An OECD assessment of adult competencies shows that being bad at maths increases the risk of unemployment and influences wage levels.
Nordic governments: Everyone must join the fight against climate change nyhet
| Climate

Nordic governments: Everyone must join the fight against climate change

Fighting climate change is no longer a choice, but an absolute necessity which means our countries, our citizens and our industries must make great changes. That was the message from the Nordic prime ministers at the Nordic Council’s session in Stockholm.
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