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Like hitting a brick wall. That was what it felt like for the 53-year-old to quit work without having another one lined ...
27/10/2025

Like hitting a brick wall. That was what it felt like for the 53-year-old to quit work without having another one lined up. The experience also led to curiosity that again led to a book called “Age anxiety – why work until you’re 70 if nobody wants us after we’re 50?”

Read the story "Sweden’s problem with ageism – a ticking bomb?" by Fayme Alm
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“Every family with a newborn baby in Finland gets a box with everything they need. The state-sponsored welcome is a trad...
16/10/2025

“Every family with a newborn baby in Finland gets a box with everything they need. The state-sponsored welcome is a tradition dating back to a time of scarcity when the box really could save lives. Yet despite the generous gesture, birth rates are falling at an alarming rate in Finland.”

Recommend reading a slightly different article, “The baby box for all – a proud tradition from when Finland was poor”, from Nordic Labour Journal, by journalist Bengt Östling and photographer Cata Portin.

They met the parents Anna and Daniel Nord. They talk about, among other things, how to combine parenthood and working life.
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Is it possible to develop a joint Nordic model in the fight against labour market crime? Feel free to learn from Finland...
14/10/2025

Is it possible to develop a joint Nordic model in the fight against labour market crime? Feel free to learn from Finland, says Natalia Ollus, director of HEUNI in Helsinki.

“We have been working systematically with this for more than 20 years. It has not been a total success story, but I do believe we can call it a relative success.

“We have addressed the problem somewhat differently than our neighbours, argues Ollus.

Read the story “Can the Nordics find common solutions” in our theme “Labour crime”
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With the growing spread and complexity of labour market crime comes new challenges.Tomas Andersson has been with the pol...
09/10/2025

With the growing spread and complexity of labour market crime comes new challenges.

Tomas Andersson has been with the police for 39 years. Since 2000, he has been fighting labour market crime.

“When you begin to understand the enormous sums of money and the level of planning behind these crimes, you become motivated to go to work to stop the flow of funds that should have gone to welfare but instead end up in the pockets of criminal actors, says Tomas Andersson at the Swedish Economic Crime Authority.

Read the story “The fight for a fair labour market”, by Fayme Alm in our theme “Labour crime”.
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Despite more equal parental leave arrangements in the Nordic countries, it is still mothers who take the largest share o...
07/10/2025

Despite more equal parental leave arrangements in the Nordic countries, it is still mothers who take the largest share of the leave.

“Quotas motivate both parents to take parental leave, but we still see that education, jobs and economic concerns have an impact on who takes the leave and for how long,” says Ásdís A. Arnalds at the University of Iceland.

The new Nordic report “Paid parental leave and social sustainability in the Nordic countries” describes and analyses developments over the past 20 years. It also examines how parental leave policy can support sustainable development.
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Danish companies have gained easier access to foreign labour, as long as they are paid collectively agreed wages. This i...
06/10/2025

Danish companies have gained easier access to foreign labour, as long as they are paid collectively agreed wages.

This is the content of a new Danish business agreement that the government will implement on 1 January 2026.

The social partners are delighted.
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Labour market and welfare crime costs the Swedish society billions every year. People are being exploited, and systems b...
30/09/2025

Labour market and welfare crime costs the Swedish society billions every year. People are being exploited, and systems built on trust are used for criminal purposes.

“When cheating and exploitation become widespread and normalised, it doesn’t just impact individuals and vulnerable groups, but the very trust we have in the system – which makes it a threat to the system,” says Amir Rostami, a professor of criminology at Södertörn University.
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“We work hard, pay our taxes, but are not treated like humans”. This anonymous note triggered a thorough investigation i...
25/09/2025

“We work hard, pay our taxes, but are not treated like humans”. This anonymous note triggered a thorough investigation into labour market crime in Iceland and focused the minds of employers, unions and the government.

We have published a new theme about labour crime. The first story:
"The case that opened Iceland’s eyes to the scale of workplace crime", by Hallgrímur Indriðason
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Senior consultants at one of Norway’s largest hospitals argue the health service is often overlooked in discussions abou...
23/09/2025

Senior consultants at one of Norway’s largest hospitals argue the health service is often overlooked in discussions about total preparedness. They fear major cuts and a lack of training and equipment make hospitals poorly equipped to contribute if a crisis hits.

Read Bjørn Lønnum Andreassen article: Are Norwegian hospitals ready for a major crisis?
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Mental health issues are among the leading causes of sickness absence. The Nordic-Baltic project MentalHealthMatters has...
18/09/2025

Mental health issues are among the leading causes of sickness absence. The Nordic-Baltic project MentalHealthMatters has now launched a “first aid kit” filled with measures to improve employee well-being.

MentalHealthMatters was one of several projects presented at the conference on the Psychosocial Working Environment.

The conference was organised by NIVA Education on behalf of the Finnish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers.
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The Danish transport sector want to see a plan – before infrastructure becomes an issue of life or death.Read the articl...
17/09/2025

The Danish transport sector want to see a plan – before infrastructure becomes an issue of life or death.

Read the article by Marie Preisler.

Theme in Nordic Labour Journal: Preparedness in uncertain times
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Nordic Labour Journal

is an online publication with articles by journalists and writers from the Nordic countries. We aim to produce news and features about working life in a Nordic perspective. You find our website here: www.nordiclabourjournal.org