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Healthcare staff in Sweden look forward to stricter daily rest rules

Healthcare staff in Sweden look forward to stricter daily rest rules

(Jan 19, 2023) A minimum of 11 hours of consecutive rest between shifts. That is the result of negotiations between Swedish trade unions and employers. Rules had to be changed after the European Commission questioned certain parts of the Swedish collective agreement on working hours.

Four new Nordic labour ministers – and their challenges

Four new Nordic labour ministers – and their challenges

(Jan 19, 2023) In 2022, both Norway, Sweden and Denmark got new labour ministers. Here is your chance to get to know them better.

Denmark takes minimum wage directive to the EU Court

(Jan 19, 2023) Denmark and Sweden will go separate ways after the EU directive on adequate minimum wages has been adopted.

How to include more people in the Nordic labour markets?

How to include more people in the Nordic labour markets?

(Nov 28, 2022) If every Nordic country learned from each other’s successes, 700 000 more people could be in work, according to Danish researchers Sarah Kildahl Nielsen and Vibeke Jakobsen.

Karen Ellemann new NCM Secretary General

Karen Ellemann new NCM Secretary General

(Nov 20, 2022) Karen Ellemann is the next Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers. She is seen as a heavy-weight candidate taking up a central post for the Nordic cooperation.

Sudden growth creates problems for Icelandic tourism

Sudden growth creates problems for Icelandic tourism

(Oct 28, 2022) Icelandic tourism has bounced back faster than expected. The head of the travel industry likens it to champagne flowing when the cork has popped. Thanks to government support most of the tourist companies survived.

Nordic trade unions “too distant from rest of EU”

Nordic trade unions “too distant from rest of EU”

(Oct 28, 2022) Who gains the most out of being a fly on the wall at the Council of Nordic Trade Unions congress in Oslo – the journalist or the social anthropologist? I suspect the latter, but since I am a journalist I will present the big news first: Iceland will host a tripartite meeting on green and just reform on 1 December 2023.

Will the climate issue rejuvenate Nordic trade unions?

Will the climate issue rejuvenate Nordic trade unions?

(Oct 28, 2022) What signals were the most important to come out of the NFS congress in Oslo? We asked Ragnhild Lied, President of the Union confederation, to sum up her impressions. “What is clear now is that we are experiencing so many crises at once,” she says.

Denmark and Sweden’s EU dilemma over minimum wages

(Oct 28, 2022) Should the government go to the EU Court of Justice to have the directive on adequate minimum wages in the European Union nullified? That question is now being debated in Denmark and Sweden after the directive was adopted with an overwhelming majority. But it is far from given that any of the two countries’ governments will take action.

"Yellow" trade union struggles to gain foothold in Norway

(Oct 28, 2022) Krifa claims to be a good alternative to traditional trade unions in Norway, especially as union membership is up among employers but down among employees. Traditional unions feel Krifa is too close to employers and disagree with their anti-strike policy.

Fiskars – the ironworks village that changed its spots

Fiskars – the ironworks village that changed its spots

(Sep 22, 2022) The Fiskars ironworks was in decline but became a culture and tourism village. Here, the idea of labour has really changed – and it has paid off.

Vulnerable young people – how best to find them jobs and a place in society?

Vulnerable young people – how best to find them jobs and a place in society?

(Sep 22, 2022) What is needed to help vulnerable young people be included in work, education and society? A new report sums up the situation in the Nordics. Here is a spoiler: There is no ”quick fix”.

Finland extends parental leave

(Sep 22, 2022) Three Nordic countries have recently made changes to parental leave. Iceland increased the leave for both parents to six months in 2021, while Denmark and Finland made changes this summer.

Labour market policies a challenge for Swedish government negotiations

Labour market policies a challenge for Swedish government negotiations

(Sep 22, 2022) Labour market issues were overshadowed by crime, high energy prices and immigration in the run-up to the Swedish election. As the centre-right block tries to negotiate a government platform supported by the Sweden Democrats, unemployment and public health insurance might be among the political chess pieces.

Swedes abroad: Can they really sway an election?

Swedes abroad: Can they really sway an election?

(Sep 22, 2022) Every four years a special group of people get attention for a moment of time – the Swedes living aboard. Everyone wants to know how they will vote in the parliamentary elections. It is often claimed that overseas votes “can determine the election” because they are counted so late. But this year there was also a new phenomenon – the immigrant party Nyans.

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