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Equality driver of Iceland’s success
Higher taxes for those who have the most, protection of the poor and debt relief to businesses and households – all part of the recipe to get a bankrupt state back on track according to the Icelandic experience. You also need a proper post-party tidy-up, get the economy in balance and prevent criminal activity from…
7 minutes
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An election coloured by crisis
Which politicians can best guide Denmark through the current economic crisis, where more and more Danes fear going bust or end up unemployed? That is the deciding question in the Danish elections this month.
5 minutes
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Populists govern in opposition
Support for Finland’s populist True Finns Party has grown after the spring parliamentary elections. It means the new government is forced to take into account the factors behind the party’s growth, and first and foremost their demand for more expansive social policies to support the weakest in society.
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Nordic working group to suggest how to remove border obstacles
A Nordic working group has been commissioned to present solutions for how to remove 39 border obstacles identified as being to the detriment of working life and social insurance systems in the Nordic countries.
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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…
5 minutes
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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.
8 minutes
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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