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Disruption patrol alerts authorities of work-related crime
Private operators outside of the public labour inspection system in both Norway and Sweden are gathering information on cowboy operators within the construction industry. The Nordic Labour Journal joined Vidar Sagmyr from the construction industry’s disruption patrol in Trondheim on an ordinary assignment. This time, he received no death threats.
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Woman at the top in the Nordic Region
Paula Lehtomäki from Finland becomes the new Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers. She was appointed on 5 September by the Nordic cooperation ministers under the leadership of Sweden and Margot Wallström. Lehtomäki begins her job in March 2019.
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Conditions for road transport workers splits Europe into east and west
Truck drivers were sacrificed in order to reach an agreement when the changes to the directive on the posting of workers were passed early this summer.
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OECD: Iceland makes more from tourism than fisheries
Tourism has become Iceland’s largest trade and top source of income representing 8.3 percent of GDP, according to the OECD report “Tourism Trends and Policies 2018. Only in Spain, Portugal and Mexico does tourism make up a greater percentage of GDP. 14 percent of Iceland’s labour force now works in the tourism industry.
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This is why you get this newsletter
You participated in the Nordic-Baltic Expert Seminar on Fair Competition and Fair Working Conditions, held on 24 August in Stockholm. Nordic Labour Journal covered the conference and wrote several articles on the theme in its latest issue. We hope that it may be of interest.
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OECD: The crisis is over, but collective bargaining is needed for wage growth
For the first time, more people are now in work in OECD countries than before the 2008 economic crisis. But the increased employment rate has not led to higher wages. The OECD says collective bargaining represents one of the most important tools for increasing living standards.
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Will platform companies fit into the Nordic model?
Does the Uber driver have an employer? Is the ‘self-employed’ actually an employee? And what will the zero hours worker live from if he or she does not get to work enough hours?
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The OECD wants action now: Opportunities for all is the new measure of success
Inequalities are growing. We have plenty of data telling us that – now is the time for action, says the OECD’s Gabriela Ramos.
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Swedish social partners agree to limit right to industrial action
Employers who have signed a collective agreement should be able to trust that the peace obligation still stands. So argue the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and the trade union confederations LO, TCO and Saco.
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We hope you still want to receive Nordic Labour Journal
On 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force throughout the EU. GDPR will strengthen your integrity in processing of your personal data. Because of this, we in the Nordic Co-operation, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic Council, have drawn up an Integrity Policy that also applies to the…
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