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Researcher: ”Lowering the minimum wage creates a new underclass”
There is agreement on one thing when it comes to refugees — the many newly arrived must be integrated into their new societies. They need accommodation, language skills and jobs. The Nordic cooperation could do with sharing experiences for how to achieve that.
8 minutes
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Entrepreneurs with a clear message about refugees
Finland has been caught unprepared by a flow of refugees the size of which the country has not experienced since World War II and the evacuation of Finnish Karelia. Many private individuals have been willing to help look after the new arrivals by offering food, clothes and accommodation. And now entrepreneurs are starting to turn…
4 minutes
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Working life research and the future
Where are the working life researchers in the debate about the future? asks Ann Bergman, Professor in working life science at the University of Karlstad.
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Why are working life researchers so reluctant to talk about the future?
This summer Ann Bergman really managed to ignite the debate on working life research. In an article in the Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies she asked why working life researchers are so uninterested in the future.
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Do we have a true image of the new working life?
For many years there has been talk about the new working life, where work is more about doing something meaningful than about making money. But are we really seeing the emergence of a new type of independent worker who feels collective agreements and permanent contracts are nothing but obstacles?
4 minutes
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New challenges for working life research
Big Data is the new buzzword for the enormous increase in stored information across the world. But how will this information stream influence working life and working life research?
7 minutes
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Shadow economies – the Nordic strategies
Carrot or stick? The Nordic countries have different strategies for fighting the shadow economy. Finland and Sweden have used tax incentives to make it cheaper to buy declared labour. Norway and Denmark use controls as a main tool. In Norway six authorities coordinate the work, while Denmark’s new government feels controls have gone too far.
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Fewer Swedes want to buy or perform undeclared work
Today nearly three times as many Swedes are negative towards undeclared work compared to six years ago. One explanation to this change in attitudes are the household tax breaks introduced in 2007 and 2008. Now the government is reducing the size of the deduction and critics warn against an increase in undeclared labour.
5 minutes
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Coordinated controls in fight against Norway’s shadow economy
In Norway staff from six different authorities have gathered in joint offices in Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger to fight the shadow economy. Building sites and other workplaces have been targeted in coordinated operations by 120 investigators. The results have been good so far. The operations run alongside campaigns against undeclared work and have had broad…
4 minutes
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A Danish conflict: Fighting the shadow economy vs respecting privacy
The Danish government wants to ban the hunting for undeclared work in private gardens. The social partners and the opposition fear this will lead to more social dumping.
5 minutes