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Hillevi Engström: more social responsibility needed in working life
Once the leading star of Swedish Police, Hillevi Engström is now in charge of whipping working life into line. She wants to use her role as Minister for Employment to challenge businesses to take social responsibility. In return she offers economical incentives and an improved education system.
7 minutes
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Curtain fall for the Laval case
Sweden’s Supreme Court has refused to reverse the Swedish Labour Court’s judgement in the Laval case. Now a labour law expert says the state should pay the considerable compensation which trade unions have been ordered to pay.
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Hard to export Nordic trust
The Nordic model is usually described as a social system with strong unions and employers’ organisations, an active state and a generous welfare system. But one cultural trait makes the model hard to export. People in the Nordic region tend to invest a whole lot of trust in each other.
4 minutes
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Dictates from politicians trigger crisis of trust
More and more important decisions are being made by politicians away from the parties to the labour market. Now experts fear a crisis of trust which will undermine the basis of the Danish model, which is based on negotiated agreements between state, employers and employees.
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When Iceland’s trust vanished, comedian Jón Gnarr became mayor
Reykjavik citizens demonstrated their level of distrust in traditional politics and politicians by voting in comedian Jón Gnarr as their new mayor in last spring’s local elections. Mr Gnarr’s party, The Best Party, entered a coalition with the social democratic party Alliansen (Samfylkingin).
3 minutes
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Nordic measures for sustainable working life
In the last analysis, the great challenge for the Nordics is the survival of the welfare state. To meet this challenge, more people must be in work, and they must work for longer than before.
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Hanne Bjurstrøm: Norway’s new Minister of Labour with a vision
Norway’s new Minister of Labour, Hanne Bjurstrøm, wants to sort out the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration, find efficient systems to deal with social dumping and help more people with reduced work capacity. Her vision: to help anyone who is able to do some work get out of being passive recipients of state support. To…
8 minutes
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Inger Støjberg – fighting unemployment with cross-party cooperation
Just as the economic crisis hit Denmark in April 2009, Inger Støjberg took up her position as Minister of Employment and Gender Equality. She was already known as a vocal spokeswoman for the Danish Liberal Party. Now she is the promoter of broad agreements with the opposition.
10 minutes
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Study: Denmark and Norway enjoy Nordic region’s highest mobility
Denmark coined the term flexicurity, which by some has been used to describe the entire Nordic labour market model. But a new study comparing all the Nordic countries casts the Danish model in a unique light.
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The Laval case, act III – Sweden’s Labour Court rules union must pay high damages
The Labour Court judgment is important in principle and very controversial. For the first time in EU history a trade union is made to pay damages after industrial action contrary to EU-law.
5 minutes