Long-term unemployment grew in Iceland between 2010 and 2011, according to figures from Statistics Iceland.
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Long-term unemployment up while overall figure drops
Posted on 21 February 2012.
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Group layoffs and bankruptcies continue in Iceland, despite some positive changes
Posted on 04 January 2012.
752 people lost their jobs in 23 group layoffs last year in Iceland. The construction industry was again worst-hit and 69 percent of those laid off live in the capital region.
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Unemployed in Iceland to get Christmas bonus
Posted on 22 November 2011.
The Icelandic government has approved a request for job seekers in the country to be paid a Christmas bonus again this year.
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Icelandic PM opens party conference with unemployment pledge
Posted on 22 October 2011.
Iceland’s rate of unemployment must be brought down to four or five percent before the next elections, the country’s prime minister told her party at the opening day of its national conference yesterday.
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Icelandic unemployment at 8.5 percent
Posted on 20 July 2011.
In the second quarter of this year there was an average of 15,800 unemployed people in Iceland — or 8.5 percent of the workforce.
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Has employment crisis filtered all the way through Iceland’s economy?
Posted on 07 July 2011.
Iceland’s Directorate of Labour received notifications of group lay-offs from four companies and organisations in June. A total of 123 people were laid off in those four instances. Despite this, overall unemployment is down and the Directorate chief sounded a positive note.
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Unemployed and students set to help in Iceland volcano clean up
Posted on 24 May 2011.
Icelandic local governments will be asked to employ jobseekers and students to help people affected by the current Grimsvotn volcanic eruption. A similar project ran last year when the volcano under Eyjafjallajokull erupted.
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Councils: Unemployed should litter pick
Posted on 01 May 2011.
Several Danish councils are planning to solve the country’s litter problem by sending unemployed people out onto the streets to collect rubbish.
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