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  • Finnish presidency to continue fight against youth unemployment

    The Finnish presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ wants to spend 2011 to focus on global cooperation, border cooperation, youth, the future needs for labour market competence, extended careers and the prevention of accidents in the workplace.

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  • Work is top priority in integration of Sweden’s new arrivals

    As soon as newly arrived refugees are granted permission to stay in Sweden the process of getting them established in society begins. The goal is to cut the time it takes to get settled into the labour market. Those who want to can use personal guides who’ll help them with work and integration.

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  • OECD warning to Sweden on unemployment

    The OECD praised the Swedish economy in its economic report on 20 January. But there was also a warning about Sweden’s high unemployment rate and the risk of a two tier labour market.

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    Agency workers should have equal rights

    Workers hired through labour agencies should be granted the same rights to salaries, holidays and working hours as if they were hired directly by the company employing them, says a Swedish special investigator.

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  • Meeting of Nordic Labour Ministers: Turning point for youth politics

    How do you reach youths who are not in education nor employment? How do you motivate youth to finish their education? How do you secure a safe transition between school and working life? These were among the questions when labour ministers met to discuss youth unemployment in Copenhagen on 25 November.

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  • Nordic region’s anti-social dumping drive

    The fight against some Eastern European workers’ bad working conditions in the Nordic countries depends on better information.

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  • Work environment key to Swedish competitiveness

    The work environment is often associated with risks, but now the Swedish government wants to turn the phrase on its head and highlight the positive sides. A good work environment can improve workers’ health, lift the business and improve competitiveness. Those are some of the conclusions from the government’s national action plan for the work…

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  • FMs Lavrov and Støre call border agreement small yet important

    Norway’s and Russia’s Foreign Ministers signed an agreement on 2 November making it much easier for 9,000 Norwegians and 45,00o Russians to visit each other.

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    FMs Lavrov and Støre call border agreement small yet important

  • Early, active measures to fight youth unemployment

    All the Nordic countries are hard at work to limit the rising youth unemployment. The measures differ but there is broad agreement on the need for early, comprehensive and active measures to help youth finish their education.

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  • New jobs from bottlenecks

    Sustainable development will be the main trend for working life next year, predicts Finnish future researcher Antti Kasvio at the Helsinki-based Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. He and colleague Timo Räikkönen have looked at how global changes influence the way we work.

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