Editorial
| Dec 2017

The golden formula

Dec 11, 2017 When we can watch a robot do a summersault, we know there has been a technological leap. We cannot know the consequences, but change is needed to face what is happening.
Anniken Hauglie at the Nordic council of ministers - changing focus on working environments tema
| Dec 2017

Anniken Hauglie at the Nordic council of ministers - changing focus on working environments

Dec 11, 2017 A changing labour market means new demands and challenges for the labour market's parties, politicians and society as a whole. This formed the backdrop when Anniken Hauglie hosted a conversation during the Nordic labour ministers' meeting in Oslo recently. The opening theme was how working environments influence productivity.
The future of work is central in new Nordic cooperation programme tema
| Dec 2017

The future of work is central in new Nordic cooperation programme

Dec 11, 2017 A new cooperation programme, a comprehensive Nordic project on the future of work, a turn in the thinking around working life, and increased focus on integration. These were all issues highlighted by Norway’s Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Anniken Hauglie at the end of the 2017 Norwegian Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers.
The Nordics are entering the future of work In focus
| Dec 2017

The Nordics are entering the future of work

Dec 11, 2017 How do we prepare the Nordic model for the future of work? The question gets a lot of attention in a time of major demographic and technological change. The count-down to the ILO’s centenary celebrations has started, and the Nordics want to contribute – but how?
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| FUTURE OF WORK, Dec 2017

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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| Dec 2017

Strong numbers for the Nordic labour market

Dec 10, 2017 The Nordic labour markets remain strong and unemployment is at its lowest level for the past three years in all of the Nordic countries. The numbers vary from 2.9 to 8.6 percent, but four of the five countries expect unemployment to fall further, according to the Nordic Economic Outlook 2017.
Metoo - also at the Oslo ministers' meeting News
| Dec 2017, #metoo

Metoo - also at the Oslo ministers' meeting

Dec 08, 2017 "This is a huge thing," says an engaged Ylva Johansson, Sweden's Minister for Employment. The working environment was a topic for debate during the Oslo labour ministers' meeting. There she explained the scale of #metoo in Sweden. Next year her country will be heading the Nordic Council of Ministers, focussing on integration, the future of work and measures to stop work-related crime.