Lars Bevanger
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Why community is key for a good working life with ADHD
Signe Erritzøe has ADHD and trains people with the condition as well as companies in how to create a good working life with ADHD. One of the solutions is a common approach to working in a less dopamine-driven way.
9 minutes
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Five decades on, Sweden reopens the fight over working hours
Compared with Denmark and Norway, Sweden’s working week is several hours longer. This has been the case for around 40 years, but LO is now demanding that shorter working hours become part of the next round of central collective bargaining. Employers, however, are firmly opposed.
9 minutes
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NHO calls for scrapping of agency worker ban in Norway
Norway tightened its rules on hired labour in 2023. A new report from the Institute for Social Research and the Frisch Centre examine the ban’s consequences. The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise, NHO, believes the findings show the ban must be removed.
2 minutes
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New Nordic report: When pensions cross borders, things fall apart
A new, Nordic pension report shows that more than one million people in the Nordic region have been working in more than one Nordic country during their working lives. When they retire, many face unexpected obstacles.
8 minutes
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More older people in the Nordics work for longer
Employment among older age groups is rising across the Nordic region. Increasing numbers are working both up to and beyond retirement age.
2 minutes
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Swedish government defies EU on equal pay rules
Sweden will not implement the EU’s so-called Pay Transparency Directive in its current form. The directive must be renegotiated in its entirety, the Swedish government argues.
2 minutes
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Why Sweden struggles with a skills gap – and what can be done?
According to the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, one in four recruiting efforts fails and the reasons largely point to a mismatch between education and labour market needs.
1 minute
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Anticlimax for Polish company hoping for Laval 2.0
In the end, it proved an anticlimax for the Polish company Meron which had been preparing a new Laval-style case in the Swedish Labour Court. Meron was unable to prove that IF Metall had taken the kind of action which the Polish company claimed the union had.
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Faroe Islands election also a referendum on abortion
Even though the Faroe Islands voted for free adoption last year, this is still a main issue in today’s parliamentary elections, held just two days after the Faroese voted in the Danish parliamentary elections.
7 minutes
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Denmark’s highly skilled workforce key to the country’s competitiveness
Denmark ranks fourth in the OECD for competitiveness, according to the Danish Chamber of Commerce’s latest competitiveness barometer which compares 35 OECD countries. Sweden and Finland are also among the top ten. A new report will throw fresh light on the Nordic region’s competitiveness.
4 minutes