A campaign has been launched by the Swedish Moderate Party to highlight housekeeping as a vital issue in forthcoming elections and also to exploit potential divisions among opposition parties, notably the Left-Green alliance. Read the full story

According to Finns, the consulting firm Accenture is the top large company to work for in that country this year. Read the full story

At least nine out of every ten people to have lost their jobs in Iceland worked in the private sector. At the same time as the number of private sector jobs has decreased, the number of public sector jobs has actually gone up. Read the full story

(Press release): Actavis Group, the international generic pharmaceuticals company, today announced plans to expand its manufacturing site in Iceland, increasing capacity at the site by 50%. Fifty new jobs will be created as a result. Read the full story

The ongoing debate on pension talks in Finland continues to stall; with representatives from employer-guilds and unions unable to reach an agreement over a proposal to extend the statutory retirement age. Read the full story

New rules governing sick leave introduced in 2008 have resulted in more Swedes returning to work earlier and reduced long-term sickness related absenteeism, says a new report. Read the full story

New income tax increases proposed by Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen could result in those who earn over EUR 47,000 a year facing significant rate raises. Read the full story

Racism is believed to be the reason behind why so many immigrants in Norway feel oppressed at work, reveals a new survey. Migrants face frequent exclusion from their working community—and this lack of inclusion stems from differences in national or ethnic background, resulting in prejudice. Read the full story

Exhaustion is being attributed in increasing numbers of cases as reason enough for Finnish workers to be granted paid sick leave. Traditionally Finland has used the “Z-diagnosis”, or unpaid leave, which determines that patients who are considered healthy may feel the need to spend time away from the workplace, albeit at their own expense. Read the full story

Iceland’s wage index for the month of July stood at 350.0 points, according to Statistics Iceland, which is 0.4 percent higher than in June and 2.6 percent up on twelve months ago. Read the full story