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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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“Myths muddle debate on sick leave”
Björn Johnson is fighting what he calls the myth of Sweden’s high levels of sick leave. The Malmo University researcher has just published ‘The Fight Over Sick Leave’, a book exploring why and when sick leave became defined as a social problem.
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The Nordic region tightens sick leave rules
One of the pillars of Nordic welfare systems is the right to sickness pay. But should employees enjoy the same pay whether or not they are at work? Who decides how long a person can be off sick? What kind of contact should the worker maintain with the employer? These questions are fuelling a heated…
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Sick leave in Finland: municipalities on the right track
Many Finish municipalities have managed to turn the trend of ever increasing levels of sick leave. As the country’s largest municipal employer, the City of Helsinki is developing ways of helping people on long-term sick leave to get back to work.
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Focus on ill health means less absence
If you at an early stage enter a dialogue with workers who are ill, you reduce the level of sick leave. That’s the experience in the Høje-Taastrup municipality west of Copenhagen.
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The constant hunt for ways to limit sick leave
Levels of sick leave vary a lot between the different Nordic countries, yet it seems it gets harder and harder to qualify for sickness benefit – whether the level of sick leave rises or falls. There is no agreement among researchers on what really lies behind these variations, nor on what policies actually work.
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New rules for long-term sick leave in Sweden
Swedish job centres face busy times as 16,000 people on long-term sick leave are transferred from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency to the Public Employment Service. From now on they should be offered individual help and advise to help them re-join working life. The move has been met with fierce criticism, forcing the government to…
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