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- Ahlberg, Kerstin, 1947-
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EU standardisation of services worries trade unions
- 2013
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In: Nordic Labour Journal. - 1504-9019. ; :19 juni
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Common EU standards are aiming to speed up cross-border trade in services. Just as long as this doesn’t mean introducing EU rules through the backdoor which would be in breach with member states’ labour law and collective agreements, say trade unions – whose concern is shared by the Swedish government.
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- Ahlberg, Kerstin, 1947-
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ILO critical of Sweden’s handling of the Laval case
- 2013
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In: Nordic Labour Journal. - 1504-9019. ; :16 april
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Sweden’s Labour Court and ”lex Laval” comes under severe criticism from the International Labour Organisation, giving the Swedish government plenty of food for thought. The government must also decide whether to accept the European Commission’s criticism of Swedish rules on fixed-term work, or risk being taken to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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- Ahlberg, Kerstin, 1947-
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Nordic opposition to minimum wage shows lack of solidarity?
- 2012
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In: Nordic Labour Journal. - Oslo : Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet. - 1504-9019. ; may
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Should we have a statutory minimum wage? Absolutely not say Nordic trade unions, and they’re usually backed by employers’ organisations. It’s an attitude people elsewhere in Europe find difficult to understand.
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- Ahlberg, Kerstin, 1947-
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Nordic worry over EU internal market package
- 2012
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In: Nordic Labour Journal. - Oslo : Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet. - 1504-9019.
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- The European Commission’s proposal for how to apply the EU directive on the posting of workers must not limit our powers to control foreign companies! That was the unified message from government officials, authority representatives, the social partners and researchers from all Nordic countries when they met in Oslo to discuss how to deal with what remains of the the so-called internal market package.
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- Ahlberg, Kerstin, 1947-
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One in five construction workers in Sweden are posted
- 2013
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In: Nordic Labour Journal. - 1504-9019. ; :12 september
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Over 18,000 workers were this spring posted by companies from other countries to work in Sweden, most of them in the construction industry. The number of posted workers in that industry was nearly as high as one fifth of all the working members of the Byggnads union – Sweden’s main union for construction workers. These are figures from the first comprehensive attempt at mapping the posted workers in Sweden.
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- Ahlberg, Kerstin, 1947-
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Pan-European protests as EU introduces new working hours for pilots
- 2012
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In: Nordic Labour Journal. - Oslo : Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet. - 1504-9019. ; dec.
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- When SAS employees were forced to agree to a 47.5 hour week they came closer to the general rule within the EU. Now further EU adjustments await. Brussels is preparing new rules on flight working hours and member states will not be allowed to adopt stricter rules. But according to pilot organisations and air safety authorities the proposals are a threat to air safety.
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- Ahlberg, Kerstin, 1947-
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Sweden’s transport sector considers universally applicable collective agreements
- 2013
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In: Nordic Labour Journal. - 1504-9019. ; :11 december
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- The Swedish model is no longer strong enough. The transport sector is so troubled by unfair competition that we must consider introducing universally applicable collective agreements. So say the heads of the Swedish Transport Workers’ Union and the employers’ organisations the Transport Group and the Swedish Road Transport Employers’ Association, who are planning a joint trip to Norway and Finland to study their systems of universal applicability. But other trade unions and employers’ organisations are resisting.
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- Ahlberg, Kerstin, 1947-
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The Commission wants to exclude small businesses from working environment rules
- 2012
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In: Nordic Labour Journal. - Oslo : Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet. - 1504-9019. ; febr.
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- In the Nordic countries small businesses must follow the same working environment rules as big businesses. Now the EU Commission wants to ease the regulations for smaller businesses.
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- Ahlberg, Kerstin, 1947-
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The Efta court clashes with Norway’s Supreme Court
- 2013
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In: Nordic Labour Journal. - 1504-9019. ; :7 november
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Norway’s Supreme Court was wrong to rule that companies posting workers to the Norwegian shipbuilding industry must pay their travel, board and lodging expenses, argues the Efta Court’s President in a general attack on the Supreme Court. He accuses it of being disloyal to the EEA agreement and indicates the last word may still not been had.
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