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Workplace researcher: Don’t make AI your best colleague
Social anthropologist Lene Pettersen is interested in what AI and digital technology does to the way we work. The University of Oslo professor of workplace studies is worried about how chatbots might replace small but important daily exchanges between colleagues.
9 minutes
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Tripartite “superpower” to help roll out AI in Norwegian working life
Norway is the first country in the world where the state and the social partners have entered into a joint national agreement on artificial intelligence. But the social partners in the other Nordic countries are also interested in creating ground rules for the use of AI.
6 minutes
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Improved control to cut labour market crime
ID cards, AI and improved data are all important tools in the Nordic and Baltic regions’ fight against criminals operating in the labour market.
5 minutes
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When the Nordic model no longer protects everyone
Precarious work, migration and weaker ties to the welfare state challenge the idea that the Nordic model provides workers with a strong safety net. The PrecaNord research project examines precarious and informal work in Finland, Norway and Sweden.
11 minutes
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Few cases of labour market crime in the Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands have many foreign workers and almost no labour market crime.
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Uncertain and stricter migration rules reduce interest in working in Sweden
Since 1 June this year, anyone arriving from third countries who wants to work in Sweden have been required to earn at least 90 per cent of the Swedish monthly median wage. Some occupations with labour shortages, including in healthcare, are exempt, but uncertainty over migration policy makes more people hesitate about moving to Sweden.
7 minutes
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Ukrainian refugees find jobs but the road to permanent employment remains long
The Nordic countries have chosen different strategies for integrating refugees from Ukraine, with clearly differing results. Ukrainians are increasingly participating in the Norwegian labour market.
9 minutes
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Researcher: Icelandic labour market will not function without immigrants
The number of immigrants workers has increased dramatically in Iceland since the turn of the century. In 2003 it was just over 5 per cent, last year it was 25 per cent. Kolbeinn Hólmar Stefánsson, an associate professor of economic sociology at the University of Iceland, says some industries would not manage without foreign workers.
8 minutes
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Where Norway meets Finland, people meet in the shop
Ingrid Tapio Anti (85) has run a shop on the border all her life. “It’s better for me to sit here and make myself useful than being upstairs doing nothing,” she says.
6 minutes
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The hunt for highly skilled labour
How do you remain competitive when everybody wants to attract the highest qualified labour? Nordic Labour Journal has travelled around the world to hear both authorities and migrants state their case.
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