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Jari Lindström must answer for labour, equality and migration at the Nordic Council of Ministers
Nov 05, 2016 “Refreshing! Interesting!,” says Finland’s Minister Justice and Employment Jari Lindström. During the Finnish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers he is the one who answers the Nordic parliamentarians on the Council on labour issues.
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Job-related Swedish language training boosts employment
May 10, 2011 Several larger municipalities in Sweden are making Swedish lessons for immigrants more targeted to the labour market. Language lessons are mixed with practical learning. Örebro municipality west of Stockholm represents one example where vocational education is mixed with language lessons.
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Jobs are key to all Nordic countries’ integration policies
Feb 11, 2014 All of the Nordic countries are attractive targets for refugees and labour migrants alike. But there are major differences both between which groups arrive and how they are received. Finland and Iceland have always stood out, but now the differences are increasing at a faster rate also between Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
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Jobs top of the agenda at meeting of Nordic prime minsters
Nov 10, 2014 Removing border obstacles and increasing investments to create jobs are some of the visions shared by the Nordic prime ministers. During the Stockholm session of the Nordic Council, they also expressed a wish to expand the Nordic region as a brand.
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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir: The gender pay gap is now the most important equality issue
Mar 08, 2012 Iceland’s Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir has managed what many thought near impossible. She has cut public spending in the wake of the market crash without negatively impacting Iceland’s social security system.
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Joint decision making and freedom of expression in the Nordics
Nov 02, 2016 As Sweden celebrated 250 years of freedom of the press, freedom of speech in the workplace is becoming increasingly repressed. In Norway the number of people who feel they have a major say in their own work situation has fallen by 12 percentage points, according to a new barometer carried out by six trade unions. In Sweden whistleblowers will be given more protection.
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Joint Nordic project on the future of work
Dec 11, 2017 The Nordic ministers of labour have launched a comprehensive research project led by the Norwegian research foundation FAFO, studying how Nordic working life might look like in 2030. The knowledge resulting from the research will be used for further cooperation on the future of work in the working life sector.
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