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Large differences in work environments and health among Danish workers
A new major survey exposes marked changes both for the better and for the worse in how Danes experience their own work environment and health.
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Finland’s next government will make people work longer
Recent year’s attempts to increase Finland’s pension age from 63 to 65 have slowly gained momentum. The actual pension age has increased following the 2004 pension reform and now stands just over 60.4 years. The number 65 has turned into a hot political potato.
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Challenge to Finland’s health sector “not due to lack of resources”
Finland’s health and social care sector is facing major challenges. But this is not about a lack of resources. Systems and processes need an overhaul to allow doctors and nurses to work with what they have been trained for: to take care of people, Finland’s Minister of Social Affairs and Health Juha Rehula tells Nordic…
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Working hours: a hot topic for the Labour Inspection Authority director
Ingrid Finboe Svendsen’s dream is to create a popular drive for a better work environment. The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority has often been in the spotlight for dealing with cases of social dumbing, but the Authority’s director wants to showcase the full scope of what the organisation does. And this is where Facebook comes in.
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Changes to IT affect systems as well as the social environment
Many businesses and organisations change their IT systems, yet in 70 percent of cases the change ends in failure with regard to time, budget or function. There have been many studies of what went wrong. Einar Iveroth chose to study what went right in the cases that succeeded.
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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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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…
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It took 121 years to agree what psychologists really do
When Sigmund Freud treated his first patient in 1889 little did he know that 121 years later there would be 77,250 psychiatrists and 250,000 psychologists in Europe. That is also how long it has taken to agree on a common European standard of qualifications.
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Norwegian tripartite agreement on sick leave
Norway’s government and the social partners have reached a new agreement aimed at reducing sick leave. The agreement covers the next four years and prolongs the 2001 Inclusive Workplace Agreement.
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