Labour Market

In a small village in southern Finland, used textiles are turned into new felt products that are being sold both locally and internationally. The Vilikkala company is one example of how the green transition can be a success far from the big cities. New skills emerge through the course of the work.

While the labour market desperately needs more people, many experienced workers remain outside it after retirement age. The Norwegian staffing agency Gammel Nok (Old Enough) says many seniors are more than happy to carry on working, provided they can do so on flexible terms with reduced working hours tailored to the workers’ preferences.

Physical and mental burnout among older workers shortens working life and costs society billions of Danish kroner annually in lost productivity, shows a new report from the National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NFA) in Denmark.

Moving from silo thinking to collaboration. Moving from standardisation to individualisation. Moving from a controlling approach to a supportive one. This is what the trust principles are based on.

Icelanders can no longer receive unemployment benefits for more than 24 months, down from 30 months. Trade unions say the government is punishing the most vulnerable in the labour market.

A new report shows gender equality efforts in the Nordics face wide-spread opposition which often takes the shape of harassment and threats.

Far too many older workers face age discrimination at work and in everyday life, according to the Swedish government. It has now established a national council against ageism.

As many as 100,000 jobs could be in the grey area when it comes to labour exploitation, according to a new report from the Fafo research institution.