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Boom for Nordic mining industry

Oct 12, 2011 An old base industry has come back to life - the mining industry. If you include Greenland all the four largest Nordic countries have experienced a mining industry renaissance. All the projects together will mean thousands of new jobs. Investments in only six of the largest projects run to 57.5 billon Kronor (€6.3bn) Nordic Labour Journal’s figures show. But can the mining industry attract enough workers?
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The Commission wants to exclude small businesses from working environment rules

Feb 10, 2012 In the Nordic countries small businesses must follow the same working environment rules as big businesses. Now the EU Commission wants to ease the regulations for smaller businesses.
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The constant hunt for ways to limit sick leave

Feb 09, 2010 Levels of sick leave vary a lot between the different Nordic countries, yet it seems it gets harder and harder to qualify for sickness benefit - whether the level of sick leave rises or falls. There is no agreement among researchers on what really lies behind these variations, nor on what policies actually work.
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Sick leave in Finland: municipalities on the right track

Feb 09, 2010 Many Finish municipalities have managed to turn the trend of ever increasing levels of sick leave. As the country's largest municipal employer, the City of Helsinki is developing ways of helping people on long-term sick leave to get back to work.
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Focus on ill health means less absence

Feb 09, 2010 If you at an early stage enter a dialogue with workers who are ill, you reduce the level of sick leave. That's the experience in the Høje-Taastrup municipality west of Copenhagen.
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Theme: Nordic region tightens sick leave rules

Feb 09, 2010 One of the pillars of Nordic welfare systems is the right to sickness pay. But should employees enjoy the same pay whether or not they are at work? Who decides how long a person can be off sick? What kind of contact should the worker maintain with the employer? These questions are fuelling a heated debate in several Nordic countries. We take a closer look at new measures and rules being tightened.
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Holding on to the foreign workers

Jan 08, 2010 More and more Danish companies are increasing their drive to recruit foreign workers. Wind turbine producer Vestas has experienced the importance of creating a social network for foreign workers, and how important it is to help their spouses to find work too.
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Towards a common EU integration policy

Jan 10, 2010 Integration policy is a national responsibility within the EU, but the Swedish presidency has made an effort to make it easier to compare just how well member states integrate new arrivals.
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Immigration policy change: from humanism to pragmatism

Jan 08, 2010 The term refugee could be disappearing. People are deemed immigrants and allowed in if a country feels they could be useful. Current demography dictates a stimulation of labour immigration, while asylum policies are being tightened. Europe's migration policy is changing shape.
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Immigration amplifies differences between Nordic countries

Jan 08, 2010 One of the things separating the Nordic countries from each other is what immigrant groups they have attracted, and how long they have stayed. Compared to many other European countries though, they have something in common: the refugee percentage is high.
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