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Hospital wants to double the number of healthcare assistants tema

Hospital wants to double the number of healthcare assistants

Will hiring more health care assistants make hospitals more efficient? Nurses at St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Norway, welcome the hospital management’s aim to increase the number of healthcare assistants. They are happy to leave certain working tasks to the assistants, but several conditions must be in place before this can happen.
Hot spring and summer for Iceland’s collective bargaining tema

Hot spring and summer for Iceland’s collective bargaining

Iceland’s newly appointed state mediator Aðalsteinn Leifsson had no easy task when he started work on 1 April 2020. The corona pandemic had a brutal effect on Iceland’s economy. Challenging mediating tasks included wage negotiations for cabin crew, nurses and upper secondary school teachers.
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Hotels threatened by the sharing economy tema

Hotels threatened by the sharing economy

New digital services which bring sellers and buyers together are making inroads in traditional areas of business. Most successful of them all is American Airbnb which helps people rent out their apartments. The hotel industry in Finland is fighting back.
How about a personal trainer - for your brain? nyhet

How about a personal trainer - for your brain?

The Nordic Labour Journal can now add another job to the list of new occupations: ‘personal brainer’. The title holder is Finnish Reidar Wasenius. He recently made a 20 years old dream come true and opened a training centre for brains - BRIIM Center - in Helsinki.
How are you doing in the Nordic countries? Infocus
| Feb 2016

How are you doing in the Nordic countries?

Kick off in Turku/Åbo for the Finnish Presidency and a great drive for Nordic cross-sector cooperation. How can work, welfare and culture be combined?
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How are you doing in the Nordic countries?

Kick off in Turku/Åbo for the Finnish Presidency and a great drive for Nordic cross-sector cooperation. How can work, welfare and culture be combined?
How can the EU’s social pillar be turned into reality? tema
| Nov 2017

How can the EU’s social pillar be turned into reality?

The EU summit in Gothenburg was a success for the Swedish hosts, but what will the social pillar mean for Europe’s citizens?
How can you create more jobs by improving conditions for startups in the Nordics? nyhet

How can you create more jobs by improving conditions for startups in the Nordics?

“Not much time has been spent in the political debate in the Nordic countries on how jobs actually are created. A lot of other issues have had more than an ample hearing. But job creation is crucial for how our Nordic welfare models develop,” says Idar Kreutzer. He has looked at how to secure risk capital for Nordic startups.
How Danish municipalities are creating meaningful inclusion tema
| June 2017

How Danish municipalities are creating meaningful inclusion

Danish municipalities are in the vanguard when jobs are created for people who are far removed from the labour market. Their experience shows all employees can benefit if the inclusion is done right.
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