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Book in review: Life and learning on the Net
Distance learning via the Internet is an area fraught with high expectations.
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Sweden: The Activity Guarantee
Being unemployed for long periods is neither good for one’s self-confidence, health or psychological state. If you cannot find a job quickly, your chances of finding a job lessen. Sweden is currently making a big effort to get the long-term unemployed back to work.
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Norway: Investing in Grey Gold
Norway is making a conscious effort to encourage more older people to stay in work longer. This move is aimed at fighting the myth that older people cannot keep up with developments and making it worthwhile for companies to hold onto their older workforce.
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Targeted measures for the unemployed
By giving the jobless the ‘right and duty’ to work, the Danish government has managed to bring unemployment figures down. But, in a new reform, the Danish Minister of Labour recognises that compulsory activation in recent years has gone too far.
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Norwegian partnership for an inclusive workplace
An “intention agreement for an inclusive workplace” was reached between the government and the Norwegian social partners at the beginning of October. Over the next four years, the parties will work actively towards reducing absenteeism by 20 %, getting more disabled people into work and encouraging people to stay working for longer. The agreement will…
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Internet pop
In recent months, several books have been written about the IT industry by former pop musicians.
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Denmark: Flexible working arrangements and sheltered employment
It is better to change the workplace than to force people into early retirement. This is the catch phrase of a reform currently taking place in Denmark. New ways of working have been introduced: flexible working arrangements and sheltered employment.
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Iceland’s Director of Labour: At the Service of Working Life
“Yes, 4x4s are very much status symbols here,” he replies smiling and with a sense of self-mockery. We have just climbed aboard a huge Land Rover and are driving off with a panoramic view into a wet landscape.
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Head-hunters to help Longterm Unemployed
Expert group proposes new models to meet labour market demands: “We believe that improving the function of the labour market and ensuring the availability of labour will be key factors in the next few years. This policy line includes the provision of some additional services for more hard-to-place applicants by ‘head-hunters’,” says Heikki Räisänen, an…
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Nordic Council takes up the fight against illegal workers
The Nordic countries are to set up control systems to fight and expose companies using illegal workers, according to a decision taken by the Nordic Council at its session in Copenhagen.
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