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Red workers with white sails
Sports and politics are closely related in Finland. For more than a century, the country has had double sports clubs – for people on the political left and the political right. Now, the Finnish Workers’ Sports Federation is considering its future as fewer and fewer identify as workers and class divisions decrease.
5 minutes
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Norway doing construction in a more orderly way, but EU temping rules might stop it
When Oslo’s new government quarter is constructed, it is done with workers who have regulated wages and working conditions. This is ensured, among other things, by the controversial hiring ban.
7 minutes
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Tight Nordic-Baltic cooperation against work-related crime
Work-related crime is a growing problem that requires cross-border collaboration between state authorities and countries. For several years, a Nordic-Baltic collaboration on work-related crime has been in place. In January 2025, it will be formalised on the initiative of the Nordic Council of Ministers.
7 minutes
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Swedish hospital uses AI to the benefit of patients and staff
What are the challenges with AI and which are the good examples that can be replicated? Skåne University Hospital is already using AI to diagnose and treat cancer patients. We look at AI in Skåne from three angles, inspired by the new technology at Skåne University Hospital.
12 minutes
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Young Norwegians increasingly unhappy with working life
The 2024 Working Life Barometer shows more people are struggling financially, more fear losing their jobs or becoming ill and many young people are unhappy with working life.
4 minutes
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Nordics counting the costs of work-related illness
3,000 Swedes die every year from work-related injuries. Unlike fatalities and accidents in the workplace, the effects of poor working environments are harder to see and measure. For the individual, the lost years amount to an immeasurable loss, but society also stands to lose an estimated 4 per cent of GDP per country a year.
5 minutes
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More exposed to cancer – Norwegian firefighters pushing for legal change
They expose themselves to great risks to save others and property. But the price they pay can be high. Firefighters are more likely to develop cancer than people in most other occupations. There are now growing calls for making it easier for firefighters to have cancer recognised as an occupational disease.
7 minutes
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No horsing around with the work environment for the Swedish equine sector
The Swedish horse industry faces challenges both in terms of high accident risks and heavy labour. To improve the work environment, they offer training and also use research to find new methods and tools to create better conditions. Now, a new equestrian centre where new technology will be tested is nearing completion.
8 minutes
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Mobilising for a strong social Europe
On 16 April, a new social declaration on the future of employment policy covering the years 2024 to 2019 was adopted in Belgian La Hulpe. The La Hulpe Declaration was signed by the Belgian Presidency on behalf of 25 countries. Sweden and Austria were the only EU states not to sign.
7 minutes