Portrait

  • Ove Hygum, Social Democratic Party, Denmark

    Bottlenecks in the labour market?   We have in recent years seen a development in Denmark with economic growth and historically low levels of unemployment without this having led to serious bottleneck problems on the labour market. The regional labour market councils and the regional public employment services monitor the development on the labour market…

    3 minutes

  • Páll Pétursson, Progress Party, Iceland

    Bottlenecks in the labour market?  Bottleneck problems in the labour market often require long-term solutions such as through changes to wage scales and the introduction of relevant education, regional development or adaptation programmes. In the short term we need to utilise the mobile labour from other countries. In situations of high unemployment, the demand for…

    3 minutes

  • Jørgen Kosmo, Labour Party, Norway

    Bottlenecks in the labour market?  With such an open economy as that in Norway and the dramatic technological developments we are experiencing, we must go in for great adaptability in working life. An education/training system that quickly detects the need for different types of labour force and adapts itself to that need will be a…

    3 minutes

  • The Nordic Ministers of Labour

    The issue of the supply of skilled labour is high on the agenda in the Nordic countries, as well as that of getting everybody on track for the new knowledge-based society. We have put four questions to the Ministers responsible for labour market policy in the Nordic countries, in order to hear their views on…

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