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Norwegian barometer highlights importance of collective decision-making nyhet

Norwegian barometer highlights importance of collective decision-making

Changes and reorganisations are far less conflict-prone if employees both participate in and have influence over the process. Yet the trend is increasingly moving towards more authoritarian management models where standardisation and control are the most important factors. These are some of the results from this year’s barometer on collective decision-making in Norway.
Norwegian employers’ organisation Virke: more apprentices please tema

Norwegian employers’ organisation Virke: more apprentices please

It is hard to find a better role model for apprentices than Henrik Tanum. He is full of enthusiasm and drive. Right now he is also the face of the Norwegian employers’ organisation Virke, as he is learning the job as their receptionist.
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Norwegian employers: applicants with in-work training end up further down the pile

Being unemployed as a young person has a stigmatising effect that can last for years. This is underpinned by comprehensive research. But is it always better to work, no matter what quality job you can get? Could it actually be better not to? Could a labour market course worsen your chance of employment?
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Norwegian food industries offer in-house language courses

Knowing a country's language is important to get a job. But language is also getting more and more important in order to hold on to that job as new technology is introduced, employers demand written documentation and linguistic skills become an increasingly important part of the daily tasks at work.
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Norwegian government to tackle involuntary part-time work

“Involuntary part-time work is a serious problem both for individuals and for society as a whole. It is the government’s goal to reduce involuntary part-time work and to make sure those who wish can get full-time employment,” says Minister of Labour Hanne Bjurstrøm.
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Norwegian graph

Norwegian helicopter school warns pilot shortage threatens preparedness tema

Norwegian helicopter school warns pilot shortage threatens preparedness

Helicopters come to the rescue when extreme weather stops cars and trains. But who will pilot the helicopters in the future? Now several helicopter pilot trainers are warning of poor recruitment figures.
Norwegian minimum wage model spreading across trades tema

Norwegian minimum wage model spreading across trades

On 1 February parts of the collective agreement covering the Norwegian fishery industry were made universally applicable, meaning agreed wages now apply to the whole of the country. Two days later it was time for the agreement for electricians. Support for the Norwegian minimum wage model is growing.
Norwegian nature col1

Norwegian nature

Norwegian nuclear physicist: make space for pink in science tema

Norwegian nuclear physicist: make space for pink in science

Sunniva Johanne Rose is a physicist and blogger. She is good at sciences but also loves shoes, makeup, interior design and fashion. During her academic career, she has faced much prejudice against women in pink.
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