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"Structures maintain the gender-segregated labour market"

(Mar 25, 2024) “Men are underrepresented across the entire welfare sector, including healthcare, social care and education. Research shows that the reasons primarily lie on an organisational and structural level and that efforts to get more men to choose jobs in the welfare sector therefore must also be targeted at an organisational and structural level.”

Paulina Brandberg – the Minister for Equality who wants to take a tough stance

Paulina Brandberg – the Minister for Equality who wants to take a tough stance

(Mar 25, 2024) What can the Nordics bring to inspire other countries to improve gender equality? Sweden’s Minister for Equality Paulina Brandberg has two rather surprising examples: High divorce numbers and changing tables in the gents.

Major increase in applications: Iceland’s government seeks tighter immigration rules

(Mar 25, 2024) There have been strong and frequent discussions about a change in the immigration system in Iceland in recent years. The reason is a huge increase in asylum applications which has proved very costly for the Icelandic state.

AI – a threat to Nordic democracy?

AI – a threat to Nordic democracy?

(Mar 25, 2024) How will artificial intelligence influence democracy? That was the big question during the marking of Nordic Day in Oslo. Do not think the EU’s AI Act will solve all our problems, the warning went.

EU directive gives Nordic platform workers new hope

EU directive gives Nordic platform workers new hope

(Mar 25, 2024) The EU platform work directive is in place at last. It should help platform workers in the Nordic EU countries who work for companies like Foodora and Wolt to secure decent working conditions. In Norway, this was solved at the start of this year through a change to the working environment act.

500 years of Nordic history

500 years of Nordic history

(Mar 19, 2024) What could you do on Nordic Day on 23 March to feel a bit Nordic? One thing is to go and see the big exhibition Nordic Life at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm. Svenska Dagbladet calls it “perfect”.

Immigrants struggle to find work in the Nordics despite labour shortages

Immigrants struggle to find work in the Nordics despite labour shortages

(Feb 29, 2024) Many immigrants in Nordic countries are left without jobs, despite labour shortages. The Finnish company Snellman has a lot of experience with hiring immigrants. “Immigrants are very keen on getting a job and they are keen workers. They are loyal employees,” says head of HR Ann-Marie Eklund.

Threats to Swedish social service workers: New inquiry proposes stricter legislation

Threats to Swedish social service workers: New inquiry proposes stricter legislation

(Feb 29, 2024) Threats and harassment against public officials in Sweden are commonplace and on the rise. This has major consequences for individual employees and risks undermining democracy in the long term. A new public inquiry proposes stricter penalties for violence towards public officials as well as making it a crime to insult public officials.

Unexpected delay of the EU platform directive

(Feb 29, 2024) There is a race against time to land the EU directive on platform work. In December, it looked like the issue was being solved, but then nearly half of the member states’ governments gave it a thumbs-down, including the Finnish and Swedish ones.

Karen Ellemann: All of the Nordics in Nato “positive in every way”

Karen Ellemann: All of the Nordics in Nato “positive in every way”

(Feb 05, 2024) The Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers believes Nordic cooperation will be even stronger when all of the Nordic countries are Nato members. But during the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø, Karen Ellemann repeated that a council of defence ministers is not presently being planned.

Lava-hit Icelandic town: "We don't know when we can rebuild"

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.

Sweden will celebrate the common Nordic labour market in 2024

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.

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.

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.

"Time for a modern autonomy act for Åland"

"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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