Finnair planning huge staff cuts
Finnair, the national carrier of Finland, has announced plans to lay off nearly 1,700 cabin crew in a bid to cut costs and maintain profitability. Air...
Fewer foreigners in Iceland as labour market contracts
The Icelandic Directorate of Labour estimates that there are currently 11,000 to 12,000 foreigners living in Iceland; but that their numbers will fall...
Volvo to lay off 3,000 staff in Sweden
On the back of a previous announcement to lay off 2,900 staff earlier this year, Volvo has revealed it plans to make an additional 3,000 employees red...
Scandinavian Airlines lays off senior pilots
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has voted to lay off 50 of its senior pilots, apparently in response to the current economic crisis in the air travel indu...
Fewer job hunting in Iceland than last year
Fewer people are searching for jobs now than at the same time last year and there remains a skills shortage in some industries in Iceland, according t...
Air carrier Norwegian asks employees to take wage cut
In its latest bid to cut costs, airline Norwegian has asked its employees to take a wage cut. Staff who accept the wage cut of between 5 and 10 per ce...
Study Ranks Iceland No. 1 in Economic Opportunity, Quality of Life
Zimbabwe ranked worst on Economic Opportunity & Quality of Life Index by C.W. Post researchers Panos Mourdoukoutas and Abraham Stefanidis Brookvil...
Gothenburg company sacks employees after spying on web usage
Structured Consulting Sweden recently fired two employees after spying on their online conversations with software they had installed on the workers’ ...