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- Staffing agencies challenging the Nordic model
- From time to time 'The Great Debate" over the role of staffing agencies rolls out in the Nordic countries, despite the fact they provide a only a small percentage of the workforce.
- EU directive on temporary agency work could reduce social dumping
- Trade unions believe the EU directive on temporary agency work will see fewer staffing agencies pushing down salaries and working conditions.
- The employers' voice in the European dialogue
- Will the social partners reach agreement on the working time directive like they managed to come to an agreement on work-related stress? Initial talks have begun but nobody knows how it will end. The social dialogue is nevertheless playing a part in Europe's policy development.
- Soft skills needed for the new White and Green jobs
- The EU Commission has presented a new agenda for new skills and jobs. During the economic crisis there are still two kinds of jobs that are in extra demand – the white and the green ones.
- Why Swedes are aware of integration issues
- What is it that the trade unions and employers in Sweden do to make them top a ranking of awareness of integration issues made by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)?
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