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Aiming for full mobility in the Nordic region’s largest labour market
Feb 02, 2024 The Öresund Bridge is 25 next year, yet despite the good commuting opportunities it offers there is still a way to go before the Nordic’s largest labour market is fully integrated. This year, Sweden holds the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers, and greater mobility in the Nordic region is a top priority.
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How the EU deals with border barriers
Jan 27, 2024 The EU also has programs working on removing border barriers. The best-known is Solvit, a problem-solving network which can be found in every EU/EEA country. Citizens and businesses can use this free service if they believe a country is in breach of EU rules and legislation.
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Nordic Freedom of Movement Council gears up to banish border barriers
Jan 26, 2024 The Nordic region aims to be the world’s most sustainable and integrated region by 2030. To achieve that, we need to change gears, facilitate trade and focus on removing the remaining border barriers, says Anders Ahnlid, the new Swedish representative on the Nordic Freedom of Movement Council.
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Immigrants in Sweden queue up to work in Denmark
Jan 26, 2024 While Copenhagen suffers labour shortages, Malmö has high unemployment. But for many third-country nationals on the Swedish side of the border, Danish work permit requirements are so high that cross-border commuting is made impossible. This issue is a priority for the Freedom of Movement Council, while an EU project is also looking for solutions.
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Freedom of Movement Council rids Nordics of some 90 border barriers
Jan 26, 2024 Since 2014, the Nordic Freedom of Movement Council has helped get rid of nearly 90 border barriers between the Nordic countries. But the Council members are not running out of work – there are still plenty to get on with.
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Not easy for Norwegians to do the Swedes’ dirty laundry
Jan 26, 2024 It is not always easy to do business across Nordic borders when you are self-employed. It costs both time and money, as the owners of laundry service Trysil Vask og Rens experienced when daring to cross the border into Sweden.
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Lava-hit Icelandic town: "We don't know when we can rebuild"
Jan 26, 2024 Grindavík has been largely empty since 10 November. The 4000 inhabitants of the Icelandic fishing town on the south coast of the Reykjanes Peninsula had to move as a lava corridor formed partly underneath the town, causing strong earthquakes and a lot of ground movement.
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Tripartite negotiations as a model for the green transition
Dec 06, 2023 The fight for a just green transition is taking place in several and very different arenas. While strike guards brave the cold of winter outside Tesla workshops in Sweden and climate negotiators meet in the heat of Dubai, Nordic employers, trade unions and government ministers gathered in Reykjavik.
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Can the Nordic labour markets survive the green transition?
Dec 06, 2023 Nearly one in three Nordic citizens worry they might lose their jobs because of the green transition, according to a new Nordregio survey. How can the social partners work together to make the transition as fair as possible? That was the theme during the Nordic dialogue conference in Iceland.
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The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise on Nordic cooperation
Dec 06, 2023 How does the Nordic cooperation on the employers' side look today? The Nordic Labour Journal asked the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise to answer a list of questions and got the following answers from their Press Secretary Olle Bring.
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The Tesla strike – a fight for the Swedish model
Dec 06, 2023 A drama is taking place in the Swedish labour market. The trade union IF Metall is taking industrial action to get EV maker Tesla to sign a collective agreement. Elon Musk, one of the world’s richest people and Tesla’s main shareholder, refuses. After many sympathy actions from other trade unions, he is taking the Swedish state to court.
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Was the Reykjavik tripartite meeting the start of something new?
Dec 06, 2023 Did it turn into just another of the thousands of meetings around the world on the green transition? Or did something more happen as Nordic politicians, employers and trade unions met in Reykjavik on 1 December? The Icelandic Presidency had great ambitions for this meeting.
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Sweden will celebrate the common Nordic labour market in 2024
Dec 06, 2023 As Sweden takes over the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers next year, it will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the common Nordic labour market. A Nordic-Baltic meeting on fighting workplace crime is also scheduled.
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Nordic bus industry associations take fight to the EU
Dec 06, 2023 Abandon the lawsuit against Denmark and instead ensure that the EU establishes clear rules preventing bus companies from low-wage countries from engaging in social dumping in the Nordic region. This is the message in a letter to the European Commission from the bus industry associations in Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
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Young and older people in the Nordics face the same employment barriers
Dec 01, 2023 People outside of the labour market often face many employment barriers, and these are often the same for both young and older job seekers. This should be better reflected in the Nordic countries’ employment policies concludes a new report.
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"Time for a modern autonomy act for Åland"
Nov 20, 2023 Åland has a newly elected parliament and a new government. The MPs have one big question to answer: Will Åland finally get a new and modern autonomy act? Can the effects of the tax border surrounding the archipelago be mitigated to make things easier for the business sector?
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How do we make the right predictions for the future of work?
Nov 06, 2023 The Nordic labour markets are doing well. Several of the countries are seeing record employment rates. Meanwhile, there are major changes to how and where jobs are being performed. Global trends like digitalisation and climate change mean new professions and skills are needed. How do we future-proof our education programmes?
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