International airport is biggest employer in southwest Iceland
Keflavík International Airport, and the associated businesses around it, are the biggest employer in the southwest Iceland Suðurnes region – pro...
Workplace drug tests increase tenfold
More Finnish employees are being tested for drug use than ever before, according to a new report.
63 jobs shed at Íslandsbanki
16 men and 26 women were yesterday made redundant from Íslandsbanki bank in Iceland. A statement from the bank says the redundancies are an unavoidabl...
Nokia to cut 17,000 jobs
Finnish-German telecoms giant Nokia Siemens has surprised the business world by announcing 17,000 job cuts, representing a very-significant 23 percent...
Unemployed in Iceland to get Christmas bonus
The Icelandic government has approved a request for job seekers in the country to be paid a Christmas bonus again this year.
Durex advertises ‘hard but satisfying’ job
The Swedish branch of Durex has caused a surge of excitement after launching an advertising campaign appealing for condom testers.
Iceland’s new national wage contract signed
Iceland’s overdue national wage contract has now been signed by 12 trades unions, the Icelandic Confederation of Labour and the Icelandic Confed...
Iceland “could create up to 1500 more fish processing jobs”
The Icelandic nation could benefit by ISK six billion (EUR 37.1 million) a year if all its fish catches were landed and processed domestically. So say...